Alhajie Bubacarr Badgie, Gambian Artist

Alhajie Bubacarr Badgie - Artist

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Official Website:

www.badjie.com

Contact Address

Background & Biography:

The painter, Alhajie (aka Alagie) Bubacarr Badgie, was born in The Gambia in 1972. He finished his schooling in 1990 and in 1992 he started working with a famous artist. In 1993, together with artists from other African countries, Badjie held his first exhibition where he was the youngest of the participants. This led to early acclaim which imbued him with increased confidence where he realised that "this road has no end". He started selling his work in 1996.

He has travelled extensively including the the US and resides between the Netherlands and Gambia. He is locally prominent as a result of his artistic endevours.

Trained in Gambia and the United States he has exhibited widely around the world and has made a distinct contribution both to the West African and the international worlds of art. His belief that oil painting has a significant place in the contemporary art of Gambia has led to him evolving of a unique style that defines the leading edge of Gambian art. Pre-eminent amongst his peers, his influence upon later generations of Gambian artists has been important.

Badjie's paintings radiate both colour & movement. Using a brush, and beginning with simple shapes, his paintings build up depth by a process of repetition, to create surprisingly dynamic works out of what seemed to be static planes. The paintings at close range are brilliantly executed works in un-controlled abstraction; but the seemingly chaotic mangle of colours, as one retreats from the canvas to take a longer look, suddenly come into a magical focus that beautifully captures & celebrates the rich vibrancy of an entire country of colours. He says that nature is his biggest inspirational source for his works.

Artist's Contact Details:
Alagie B.Badjie
Molendam 2
6654 KA, Afferden
Netherlands
Telephone +31 624 404 721

Gambia phone:
7208411 or 6429193