LE MAGNIFIQUE


Mixed media on French linen
150cm x 50cm x2
  • Artwork Description
    The artwork "Le-magnifique" is like a diary recording the journey of exploring the world, meeting and learning from many different cultures, thereby shaping Kongo's creative phylosophy today.

    As a person who loves to travel and considers himself a "global citizen", Kongo not only feels grateful that his experiences in the above cultures have created vibrant colors in his life, fostering one's soul and creative style. Each character, each letter in the artwork represents each place he has visited, had the opportunity to explore and experience and learn. Every person he meets, every story he hears is material for artists to be inspired by, that's why he always feels the responsibility to share life stories to connect people, cultures, thereby contributing to creating a world without borders both geographically and spiritually.

Cyril Kongo’s artworks is marked by his experience and his vision of life. After painting in the streets for more than 30 years and working so that graffiti can be perceived differently, this artist is now considered as a pioneer who understood how to break the codes and build something new through his contemporary and “avant-gardiste” point of view. His influences are multicultural, his level of excellence and his capacity to create new bridges between opposite worlds has forged his style and career.

 

 

Cyril Kongo has been able to associate his name with excellence, abundance and virtuosity. He comes from a marginalized environment which has been set aside of the institutionalized art industry but today this visionary artist is known internationally. His singular universe and his strong identity gave him the opportunity to collaborate with the most prestigious names of fashion such as Hermès, Chanel, Richard Mille but also with luxurious brands based on art and craftsmanship such as La Cornue, Pinel&Pinel, Atelier Victor, Daum,…