Yves Apollinaire Pede
Appearance
Yves Apollinaire Pede
Ein sex anaa gender | male |
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Country wey e be citizen | Benin |
Name wey dem give am | Yves |
Ein date of birth | 1959 |
Place dem born am | Abomey |
Date wey edie | 2019 |
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | French |
Ein occupation | artist |
Yves Apollinaire Pede (1959–2019) na he be a Beninese voodoo artist. After dem commission am make he reproduce reliefs give de Abomey Museum, he make sand paintings of well-known personalities such as Nelson Mandela.[1] He gradually cam turn oriented towards textile art, dey look to Haitian den Cuban Vodou artists for inspiration. He sanso be noted for ein large cement sculptures den bas-reliefs, wey dem state say he get a "special interest" insyd Kulito, a Fon word wich literally dey mean "the one from the path of death".[2][3]
Na dem born Pede insyd 1959, insyd Abomey, Benin. Na he base insyd Ouidah, de world centre for Vodun art, wich get annual festival.[1] He die insyd 2019 insyd Ouidah, Benin.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yves Pede" (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 34.
- ↑ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 97.