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Jems Koko Bi was born in 1966 in Sinfra, Ivory Coast. He lives and works between Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Essen, Germany. Both a sculptor and a performer, Jems Koko Bi mixes avant-gardist influences to his resolutely African history. In his oeuvre, he questions the notions of space and history, within a wider and ongoing reflexion on his own existence. In the work Empty, many figures huddle together in a precarious balance on a boat. These faceless people evoke exiles of the past and the present, anonymous Africans deported and enslaved over the centuries, or the countless people we now call "migrants". In Koko Bi's work, the journey is not only physical, and this boat also takes us into deep interior spaces.
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Location: Jardin des Tuileries Paris
Photo credit: © Thierrymas94 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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