Demif Gallery company logo
Demif Gallery
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Press
  • Store
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Curator's choice
Cart
0 items £
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

Photography

  • All
  • Ceramic
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
Maurice Mbikayi, Position d'Attaque 2, 2016

Maurice Mbikayi

Position d'Attaque 2, 2016
C-print
110 cm x 75 cm
Edition of 5
Demif Gallery
£ 4480.00
Maurice Mbikayi, Position d'Attaque 2, 2016
Sold
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EMaurice%20Mbikayi%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EPosition%20d%27Attaque%202%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2016%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EC-print%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E110%20cm%20x%2075%20cm%20%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22edition_details%22%3EEdition%20of%205%20%3C/div%3E
Maurice Mbikayi’s Techno Dandy is a person who dons the outfit for a parade and then performs several characters. On this occasion, the Techno Dandy uses a form of expression...
Read more

Maurice Mbikayi’s Techno Dandy is a person who dons the outfit for a parade and then performs several characters.

On this occasion, the Techno Dandy uses a form of expression called the “Sapeur”. A sapeur is an adherent of La Sape which is an acronym based on the phrase Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (French; literally "Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People") and hinting to the French slang word sape which means "attire", it is a subculture centered on the cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the  DRC and the Republic of Congo respectively.

According to Maurice Mbikayi, La SAPE is also another form of expression that has developed after successive dictatorial regimes from both Congo’s. 
Unable politically, culturally and economically to express their frustration openly like the rest of the population of their countries, sapeurs artistically transcend this monotony in the hope of a larger cultural transition; they see their transcendence as a form of agency to compensate for political and economic deprivation.
In other words, Sapeurs manifest ambivalent attitudes which are both beautiful and confusing – a rather disguised weapon of expression.
In this scene the Dandy personifies a sapeur in an exaggerated outfit, which could also reveal the idea of reinventing a foreign culture as an autonomous form, a revolt against the established order.

 

Close full details
Share
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
16 
of  22
Related artworks
  • Maurice Mbikayi, Position de Repos 2, 2016
    Maurice Mbikayi, Position de Repos 2, 2016
Close
Privacy Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2023 Demif Gallery
Site by Artlogic
Go
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Send an email
View on Google Maps

Your privacy

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and to show you relevant advertising. To find out more, read our updated privacy policy and cookie policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences