Omar Ba
(Senegalese, born 1977)
Biography
Omar Ba is a contemporary Senegalese artist known for his mixed media paintings which fuse figurative and decorative motifs. Ba’s surreal scenes of violence and fantasy investigate despotic warlords of the present, traditional folklore, colonial oppression, and the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The artist has said that his work is meant to tell narratives that connect the histories of Europe and Africa through their meaning. Born in 1977 in the country of Senegal, he studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Dakar before attending the École Supéreiure des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. The artist has participated in exhibitions in Africa, Europe, and the United States. He currently lives and works between Dakar, Senegal and Geneva, Switzerland. Today, Ba’s works are held in the collections of the Centre National Des Arts Plastiques in Paris and the Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporaine de la Ville de Geneva.
Omar Ba
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.jpg "A corriger (3), 2009")
.jpg "Devoir de mémoire (Memoir Work), 2022")
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