Abdoulaye Konaté

Abdoulaye Konaté, born in 1953 in Diré, is one of the great figures of plastic arts in Africa. He uses tapestry, dressmaking, painting and sculpture, making fabric his main creative material.
Two main directions emerge from his work. The first, conscious and committed, addresses different themes related to contemporary society and the human condition, with a critical vision of socio-political issues.
The second, purely plastic and aesthetic, leads him to question the analysis of the relationship between colors, associating Western modernism and African symbolism.