Flame of the Ancestors is a unique painting by Hamed Ouattara, created in 2025. The work channels the spiritual and visual vocabulary of Sahelian ancestral traditions — fire as a force of transmission, purification, and continuity. Painted in the artist's studio in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, it belongs to a body of works on canvas that runs parallel to Ouattara's furniture and sculpture practice, feeding its imagery and symbolism.
Unique work — 1 of 1
— Dimensions — Height: 19.5 in / 49.5 cm · Width: 15.5 in / 39 cm
— Materials & Technique — Mixed media on canvas · Handcrafted at Studio Hamed Ouattara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 2025
— 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.
