Dominique ZINKPÉ, 1968

Since 1989 Dominique Zinkpé has been regularly participating in exhibitions in Benin and since 1995 also in international exhibitions. He makes sculptures, paintings and installations.

At the base of Zinkpé's work are human-sized sculptures, strange persons made from branches of wood, iron wire and textiles. The deformed branches which form the construction of the sculptures and make them stand straight in a crooked way resemble the roots of the mangrove. These personages combine an animalistic and natural appearance with human characteristics. They refer to social and political situations in the daily life of Zinkpé at local, regional and international levels such as political injustice, religion and AIDS.

For art work nature Dominique Zinkpé presents a wood of ghosts. They show the transformation that people, animals and vegetation undergo through the contact with their environment.

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