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Studio reference: SHO-BOL-2022-002
Dugu is a monumental sculptural cabinet from the Bolibana Collection, handcrafted from reclaimed oil barrels in Hamed Ouattara's studio in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In the Dioula language, dugu means "land" or "earth" — the ground from which everything grows. The work embodies this rootedness: monumental in scale, dense in material presence, and deeply anchored in the Sahelian architectural imagination that defines Ouattara's practice.
Edition of 5 — 1 available
Height: 55.12 in / 140 cm · Width: 43.71 in / 111 cm · Depth: 17.72 in / 45 cm
— Materials & Technique — Reclaimed oil drum steel · Hand-welded and finished · Pigmented patina · Protective anti-rust varnish · Handcrafted at Studio Hamed Ouattara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 2022
— Provenance — Works by Hamed Ouattara are held in the permanent collections of the V&A Museum (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Vitra Design Museum (Germany), Brooklyn Museum (New York), and Denver Art Museum (USA). Represented by Friedman Benda Gallery, New York.
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