Alioune Diagne
NDOX—GLINT
Alioune Diagne’s solo show Ndox—Glint opens on September 16, 2023 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.
Canoes, fishermen and banks of Senegal inhabit the powerfully colored canvases of Alioune Diagne. From his native country, he has always been attracted to the banks of the Senegal and Gambia rivers, capturing the animation and energy of the scenes of life that he observes.
“This allows me to illustrate in an underlying way the problems of migration, overfishing, water pollution but also the courage of anonymous men living in difficult conditions to provide the country with fish”, underlines Alioune Diagne who he is known on the international scene from Dakar to Paris, and who will represent Senegal at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024.
His paintings offer a striking echo to the works of the great impressionist masters, through their movement and technique. In response to the touches of color of Monet or Sisley, the artist offers a set of abstract signs which form silhouettes and sensations. A connection to discover!
The artist
Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal, Alioune Diagne lives and works in Senegal and France. After studying at the Dakar École des Beaux-Arts in 2008, Alioune Diagne developed an imaginary script as a universal language and intimate account of fragments of his life in Dakar and on his travels. A socially engaged artist, he opens the door to a deep-seated exploration of the major challenges facing the world today: ecology, the place of women in society, racism and the notions of transmission and heritage. His work has featured in a variety of solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Africa and Asia since 2011, including Sink or Swim at the 11th Dakar Biennale, Villa Spivey, Dakar, Senegal (2014), Itinéraire en Couleurs at Espace Jean Drevon, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, France (2014), the
off-site show at Art Basel, Switzerland (2017), and Un nouveau regard, Aosta, Italy (2017). His work has also been part of the national art collection of Senegal since 2019 and featured in the 2022 Dakar biennale exhibition at the national theatre in Dakar. In 2023 he won the Norval Foundation Public Vote Prize and saw his work exhibited in the Netherlands as part of the group exhibition Africa Supernova and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen with the solo exhibition Ndox-Glint. Galerie Templon in Paris held the Seede exhibition of his work in January 2024. And in April 2024 the artist had the honour of representing his country on the Senegalese pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale international art exhibition with the project Bokk - Bounds. He has been represented by Galerie
Templon since 2022.
