The Art of Fatou Marie Francoise

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The Art of Fatou Marie Francoise

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Welcome to Tokesplace.com. Ms. Francoise, affectionately known to her Senegalese colleagues as Kine Aw, is presented here through the courtesy of MBARI Institute for Contemporary African Art of Washington DC .The Institute presented Kine Aw and her art on October 23 and 24, 2009.

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Kine Aw with Al Hadji Mixed Media on canvas 50’ x 30” 2009

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MBARI collects, preserves, identifies, documents and exhibits work pertaining to the art, craft, and culture of Africa under the empathetic direction of founder and Director Mimi Wolford. Mimi Wolford with Kine Aw Images Photograph Courtesy of Bruce McNeil

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Mimi and the Institute are a gateway for African artists to the US art market. They have arranged over 100 exhibitions. Memorable exhibits include Out of Bounds: Women Artists from Africa and Colors of Africa: Contemporary Art from the Continent

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Paraphrasing, Kine Aw says “My work reflects the relationship of depth and form in people’s visual expressions, especially those of African woman, in which harmony follows the linear…. I travel down the road between figurative and abstract. I…base my works …on the essential – that of the look, movement and expression – not so much on the human, but an ordered disorganization.” The African Woman is her subject because she is …”curvy, round and large – ‘linear lines’.”

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Kine Aw’s images, mainly facial, are for me esthetically appealing. They are figurative, highly abstract, highly textured, impressionistic and whimsical in some aspects. They depict an array of African female beauty, female emotions and female experiences. Her images express implicit narratives that are culturally specific and also universal.

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Kine Aw is joyful and figuratively dances on her canvases with different means of expression – pencil, hands, breath (blowing), color, monochromatic composition, bicolor. A symbiosis between acrylic and oil.

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The following works, among others, were shown in the MBARI exhibit. Please enjoy Kine Aw’s unique art.

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Flutist Mixed Media 52.5” x 20”

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Interrogation Acrylic and collage on canvas 2009

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Mother and Son Collage & mixed media 26” x 20.5” 2009

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Ndiaguamar (Childhood Innocence) Mixed Media on canvas 32.75” x 25.75”

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Majestic Woman Acrylic and pastel on Hardboard 2009

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Competition Acrylic on canvas 25.5 x 21.5 2009

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Kine Aw’s resume is in this Google translation of her resume. Her Facebook page is also very interesting.

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Tokesplace.com hopes you enjoyed the show. Look for another show of this artist here in the near future.