Gastineau Massamba

20 September 2022

Sculptor, painter and poet, his work combines paintings, performances, writings and installations. In his works, questions about the human body, the current events in his country, the Congo, international geopolitical events and societal issues are predominant. They are found in the themes of the raw canvases. His works deal with the themes of immigration, urbanisation, the economy, ecology, fights, wars, the march of the world. In spite of these heavy themes, his works carry hope; the hope of those who leave for a life they think is better elsewhere, of those who fight for their ideas and cannot remain silent in the face of a world that repeats the patterns of the past. His protean work shows us our reality. Rough, real, global.