SOLY CISSÉ, « SOLO ICTAF 2025 »

Investec Cap Town Art Fair features artist Soly Cissé, whose work is part of the playful theme of the SOLO 2025 section: Playscapes: Shaping Worlds and Selves, Curatorial Statement: Céline Seror.

Soly Cissé, with the biting irony of his iconic « Le Monde Perdu » series – a vast fresco of the Comédie Humaine, or through his collages whose irony was highlighted by Roxana Azimi in Le Monde (2023), offers a vision of PLAY, deploying a wide range of sources and means that embodies an artistic libertinism that seems to demonstrate that painting itself is a game.

ECOSYSTEMS 2025

The work explores the coexistence between Nature and Culture, as well as the dualities that shape the world, through figures bearing emblematic attributes drawn from various mythologies, beliefs and religions. The graphic series Lost Worlds is subtly woven into the depths of the canvas, yet ultimately emerges as a central element reinforcing the continuity and coherence of the artist’s work.
Amid a luxuriant Nature environment, the presence of two imams wearing Casamance hats, along with a striking scene of offering or sacrificial ritual set against the backdrop of Lost Worlds, embodies this dialogue between Nature and Culture, suggesting their interconnection inviting us to consider a reconciliation of the world’s dualities.

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The SOLO 2025 artist interview by Celine_Seror is available on theartmomentum

La galerie à le plaisir de présenter un solo show de Soly Cissé dont l’oeuvre s’inscrit dans le thème ludique de la section SOLO éditée par Céline Seror : Playscapes Shaping Words and Selves.

Soly Cissé, avec l’ironie mordante de sa série iconique « Le Monde Perdu » – vaste fresque de la Comédie Humaine, ou à travers ses collages dont l’ironie a été soulignée par Roxana Azimi dans Le Monde (2023), propose une vision du JEU, déployant un large éventail de sources et de moyens qui incarne un libertinage artistique qui semble démontrer que la peinture elle-même est un jeu.