Council of Faces

Council of Faces is a unique painting by Hamed Ouattara, created in 2022. The work evokes the gathering — the palaver, the council, the communal space of deliberation and transmission that structures West African social life. Multiple presences inhabit the canvas: faces that are both individual and archetypal, in conversation across time.

Unique work — 1 of 1

— Dimensions — Height: 36 in / 91 cm · Width: 60 in / 152 cm

— Materials & Technique — Mixed media on canvas · 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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