Pierre-Christophe Gam
Big Couple Yellow & Pink, 2015.
About:
Pierre-Christophe Gam trained as an architect at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and Central St. Martins in London and then specialized in art direction for leading contemporary luxury brands. He founded the Afro-Polis cultural platform in 2013 with the aim to communicate and reflect on the global African experience via exhibitions, events and talks in Paris and London.
Since then he has developed his artistic work mainly though photography and digital media. His work is featured inMaking Africa at the Vitra
Big Couple Green & Blue, 2015.
Polymath designer, artist and cultural entrepreneur Pierre-Christophe Gam explores the notions of nostalgia for the Utopias developed by modernist thinking pre and in the early days of Modernist movements of Post -Colonial Africa. He is interested in evaluating how current changes brought in the continent by the extension of the free market, the banalisation of information technology and the results of a steady economic growth negotiate with this past intellectual and visual heritage.
From the Affogbolo Series, 2015:
Her Pink, 20125.
Him Green, 2015.
Them Green, 2015.
In the Affogbolo series, Gam uses the codes of the Italian Renaissance por
traiture and its display of connotative symbolic iconography as well as ideal of beauty to underline the economic and cultural attributes of the contemporary African young elite. Using photography, collages and digital manipulation, he creates ambiguous yet compelling compositions where deep cultural references are mixed -up and juxtaposed in a rich and intricate tapestry. Beyond the visual seduction of the pictures Pierre-Christophe Gam questions the making of power and influence of contemporary elites. (courtesy: 50 GOLBORNE, 50 Golborne Road, London, W10 5PR)