By Kwami Da Costa, 2020

My piece present a pictorial version of paradise on earth where humans and animals lived in perfect harmony. Through my work, I remind you that our actions create visible consequences on our earth and our future.

I send a strong message and awareness to avoid the worst. For me, we must be more united and preserve nature in order to prevent our "Garden of Eden" from turning into a hell.

PRESENTATION OF THE ARTIST

Kwami Da Costa, a Togolese visual artist born in 1980, has been working for two years in Toubab Dialaw in Senegal.

His approach questions the family bond as a vector of attachment. For him, the family base constitutes a bulwark against isolation, exclusion and vulnerability for the identities that compose it.

Trained as a painter in Sambiani Kassan’s studio in Lomé, Kwami Da Costa has already exhibited in Africa and Europe. Selected in 2014 at the Biennale of Kampala, Segou Art 2016 in Mali, he also participated in the Off 2018 of the Dakar Biennale. In 2020, Kwami Da Costa was part of the "Bët set na" (Open your eyes) exhibition about his vision of the world of today and tomorrow.