Atsoupé

Atsoupé is an artist of Togolese origin whose works constitute an apparent paradox between childhood and violence which makes them particularly unique. Her works, made of faceless dolls and multiple portraits on paper, seem to conjure up spirits, establishing a
survival between the past and the future. Atsoupé’s dolls are strange sculptures, rather feminine bodies, reconstituted by multiple elements such as forged iron, wool, plastic or even bells. They are often decorated with naive floral motifs, as if a child’s hand had come to awaken these extinguished silhouettes, the witnesses of Atsoupé’s youth. The artist displays an expressive power in these mysterious faces, sometimes riddled with numerous holes or sewn together with threads or ribbons, they scrutinize our world with a deep melancholy.