Moké
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Moké(1950 – 2001; orMoke,néMonsengwoKejwamfi), was a Congolese painter.
He was born in Ibe,Bandundu Province,Democratic Republic of the Congoin 1950.[1]He died on September 26, 2001, inKinshasa,a city from which he drew inspiration. Together withChéri Samba,Chéri Chérin and other painters of the Kinshasa school likeCheik Ledy,Tshibumba Kanda-Matuluand Sim Simaro, Moké was one of the foremost depicters of Congolese popular life.[2]He is considered anaivist,while he described himself as a "painter-journalist".
Exhibitions
[edit]- 2018 -E-mois,[3]Museum of Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco
- 2016 - "Songeries et réjouissances", Collection Philippe Pellering & Boris Vanhoutte, Musée Africain de Namur, Musée du Masque de Binche, Belgium
- 2014 -Moké, une collection particulière 1991-1992,galerie Espace Lorraine, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 2011 -Japancongo,Le Magasin,Grenoble, France.
- 2010 -African Stories,Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco.
- 2008 -Popular Painting from Kinshasa,Tate Modern, Londres, GB.
- 2006 -100% Africa,Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), Spain.
- 2005 -Arts of Africa,Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France.
- 2005 -African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection,Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, United States.
- 2004 -Peinture populaire congolaise,ADEIAO, Centre d’Études Africaines, Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris, France.
- 2003 -Kin Moto na Bruxelles,Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 2003 -Regards Croisés,La Galerie d’Art de Creteil, Créteil, France.
- 2003 - Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany.
- 2002 -Monsenguro Kejwamfi dit Peintre Moke « Grand maître de la peinture zaïroise »,Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (Genève), Switzerland, (solo).
- 2002 -Kinshasa, Congo,Moke, Cheri Samba, Rigobert; Espace Croisé, Centre d'art contemporain de Roubaix, France.
- 2002 -Afrique dans les murs, Les Naufragés du Temps,Saint-Malo, France (solo).
- 2001 -Un Art Populaire,Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France.
- 1997 - "Ecole de Kinshasa", Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1996 -Bomoi Mobimba Toute la vie, 7 artistes zaïrois, Collection Lucien Bilinelli,Centre d'art contemporain, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1995-1996 -An Inside Story: African Art of our Time Beyong Art,Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Himeji City Museum of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art; Marugame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art; The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan.
- 1993-1994 -Skizzen eines Projektes,Afrika Im Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Ludwig, Germany.
- 1992 -Out of Africa,Galerie Saatchi, London, G.B.
- 1991-1992 -Africa Hoy/Africa Now,Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Cultural Center and Contemporary Art, Mexico City; Groningen Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands.
- 1991 - Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1985 -Peintre Populaires du Zaire; L'art vivant d'Afrique Centrale,Université de Montréal, Marius-Barbeau Museum, Gallery Trompe-l'œil, Media Center, Québec.
- 1983 - Goethe-Institut, Kinshasa, DRC.
- 1979 - Centre culturel français, Kinshasa, DRC, (solo),
- 1979 -Moderne Kunst aus Afrika,Festival de BerlinHorizante'79,Stautliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany.
- 1978 -Art Partout,Académie des beaux-arts, CIAF, Kinshasa, DRC.
- 1969 - Première Foire internationale de Kinshasa, DRC.
- 1968 -Exposition artistique et artisanale de Kinshasa,Ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme, Parc de la Révolution, Kinshasa, DRC.
References
[edit]- ^"Moke Biography – Moke on artnet".artnet.Retrieved2018-04-10.
- ^"Moke Biography - the Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art 2021".
- ^"E-Mois".
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