Whispers from the Sky is a unique painting by Hamed Ouattara, created in 2022. The work reaches upward — toward the cosmological dimension of Sahelian thought, toward the invisible forces that traverse the sky above the Sahel and shape the lives of those below. Ouattara's surface holds this verticality: light descending, mark and gesture ascending.
Unique work — 1 of 1
— Dimensions — Height: 48 in / 122 cm · Width: 60 in / 152
— 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.
