A woman combing her hair fills the sky with her gesture (Auguste Rodin). I’m not sure if the destructive sculptor put it exactly in terms of this quote, however this quote seems to best describeempowerment female which Letitia Kai he returns the sky along with the cultural roots of his land. Sculptural metamorphosis of her hair, with which she young artist and Ivorian Radfem (Abidjan, June 15, 1996) mesmerizes and shocks, weaving its daring hair into the non-verbal communication of the symbols, myths and sighs of our time. Through the intricate hairstyles of her long hair intertwined with wool overlays, wires, memories of love, struggle and power, body metamorphoses and distinctive featurespersonality and black beautybecome universal tools of communication and rebellion for a woman, to whom he gives his convincing creative voice.
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A peremptory invitation to love yourself, embrace your (unique) beauty, and work for a fairer world, starting with Instagram on an unstoppable journey. His feminist manifestoenhanced by the NFT collection “linked” to eight works of art exhibited in the Ivory Coast Pavilion during 59th International Exhibition Venice Art Biennale; pages of eloquent Love and justice; several collective exhibitions (from his Abidjan to our Rocca Sinibalda); a provocative question that articulates his first solo exhibition in Paris, opening a new exhibition space Gallery Lis10. Who is this woman?
Love and power of hair
Freed from poisonous standards of beauty, systematic oppression and ingrained misogyny in Côte d’Ivoire, as in the rest of the world, KY Sheriff Fatu Leticia, embarks on a journey in search of his own identity and empowerment, using the destructive potential of the performative language of hairdressing. His research begins again with a powerful symbolic meaning of hair Afro for women. Stylized (naturally, with braids, pigtails, dreadlocks, Zulu knots, kohin-soroghun ..) to declare their identity from the pre-colonial period, the civil rights movement of the 60s made the symbol of rebellion and pride into the 70s, continuing remain an obstacle to entry into Western society. Styled to protect the right to control her feminine nature and identity, from violence that goes beyond touching the vagina, womb and sexual pleasure, defying the hatred generated by any attempt at dissent, Letitia Key’s hair fills the sky of the world. what we would like. The remarkable skill with which she weaves her hair into the sore knots of our society, raises strong hands, fists, veils and raises the voice of the uterus (along with the middle finger), sparks a conversation about social justice, which is the basis of individual justice, not just for blacks. women.
Hairstyle becomes a work of art
Likewise, her personal journey with universal potential, condensed into 222 pages of a feminist manifesto such as Love and Justice: A Path of Vigorous Empowerment and Embracing Black Beauty (Princeton Architectural Press, 2022), while continuing to live in Africa and work abroad, with all the consequences that entails, uses the expressive power of hair, weaving it together with causes that reduce differences and distances. His stories about Africa, intertwined with dream milk from 59th Venice Biennalerepresented much more than the conflicts and urgent affairs of his country, enlivening Art Discussion at the Tate Modern in London, along with Udoka’s cinematic and action-packed performance disco boy debut of Giacomo Abbrusese (the only Italian film in the competition and the Silver Bear on 73rd Berlinale.), After Night of the Kings Philippe Lacote in 2020.
Who is this woman? / Qui est cette femme?
Expressive dynamics and personality that ignite his gaze Jellyfish, continue to follow the evolutionary and exhibition path of the artistic search for photography and painting. A modern way to renew and question the imperatives and traditions of black women in dialogue with the collective Modern Wishes V Louis Simon Guirandou Gallery in Abidjan. Respected Research Focus of Contemporary African Art Gallery Lis10of already known and appreciated works at the exhibition with Empo’Hair at the headquarters of Arezzo, to the unpublished works they bring to life Who is this woman? / Qui est cette femme?opening the first solo exhibition of Laetitia Key in Paris, together with the new exhibition space of the Art Gallery of Arezzo on Rue de Crussol, in the eleventh arrondissement, a stone’s throw from the Marais and its international galleries.
At the same time, the deadly gaze of Medusa, left there Made in the Convent Foundation of Naplesalso animates a group of images Sous le review de Meduse al Museum of Fine Arts of Caenwhile his protest forms are ignited De cheveu and de poils To Museum of Decorative Arts in Pariswith a team that explores the hairstyles of the centuries and the thousands of ways they have influenced, changed and revolutionized aesthetics and fashion, professions and extravagance.
African Queen for Italy
We’ll just have to wait until summer to see what impact Letitia Key’s site-specific intervention will have on discovering historical, artistic and landscape heritage. Rocca Sinibalda. The small and charming medieval village of Sabina in Lazio with a castle for this queen of Africa from 20 established and emerging artists, chosen for dialogue with so many villages of the Italian peninsula with a population of less than 5 thousand people, during the fourth edition Breath of art. The new phases of the contemporary art project have spread throughout Italy with the support of the Elpis Foundation, in collaboration with Galleria Continua and with the participation of Threes.
How: Who is this woman? / Qui est cette femme? Lis10 Gallery, Paris (May 4 – June 24, 2023) – www.lis10gallery.com/whos-that-woman | De cheveu and de poils, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris (April 5 – September 17) – madparis.fr/cheveuxetpoils | Modern Wishes, Louis Simon Guirandou Gallery, Abidjan (May 11 – June 24, 2023) – www.louisimoneguirandou.gallery/en/exhibitions/41-regards-contemporains-laetitia-ky-wanger-ayu-marius-dansou/overview | Sous-le-Caux-de-Meduse, Museum of Fine Arts, Caen (May 13 – September 17, 2023) – mba.caen.fr/exposition/sous-le-regard-de-meduse | IV ed. breath of art, Rocca Sinibalda (Rhode Island) (June 24 – September 24, 2023) – unaboccatadarte.it/edizioni/quarta-edizione | Letiakki.art
Source: Elle