Shards of intimacy 2k561g

The intimate as a reflection of the soul and culture
Shards of Intimacy brings together a selection of contemporary African works in which portraiture becomes an intimate and universal language. Each face, each painted body tells a story—that of a person, a place, a culture. These artists capture much more than features: they reveal souls, marked by memory, struggles, hopes, and inherited heritage.

Far from a simple aesthetic exercise, the body here becomes a living archive. It gives voice to silences, traditions, crossbreeding, and multiple identities. The textures, the gazes, the vibrant or muted colors reflect a plural, introspective, and powerful Africa, between an accepted past and a reinvented future.

This curation highlights artists who use the body as a medium for expression and memory. Their works embody an Africa that looks at itself, thinks about itself, dreams about itself, and asserts itself.