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Baboucarr Etu Ndow -
Gambian Painter |
Artists |
Culture & Traditions |
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Official Website:
www.tunbungartvillage.com
Contact Address
Background & Biography:
Etu - (Baboucarr
Ndow also spelt Baboucar) is based at
his (Tumbunto)
Tunbung
Art Village and Gallery in Tujereng (Tujering) in Kombo South
district. He was born in Bakau, The Gambia, and is today one of
the leading talented artists in the country. He became an art teacher
in 1984 instructing and encouraging school students in the visual arts
then later moved onto lecturing at the University of The Gambia. He has
appeared on several
arts programmes on TV both locally and overseas.
Later in life he secured a student place at the Art Academy Constantyn
Huygens, in the Netherlands at Kampen.
Style & Techniques: He is distinguished
from other artists in his relationship and eagerness to work with
local naturally occurring materials, objects and the vibrant colours found in his
natural
surroundings. It is important to him to have a balance between
the used materials, environment and vivid African colours such as
Ochre. He happily combines the local traditional materials around him
with contemporary techniques and acrylics producing richly textured
abstract works.
An important element in his style is the influence of
sunlight on the
landscape, people and the different forms and forms of emphasis it takes in interacting with
them. He says "The sunlight surrounds me 12 hours per day. That
influences everything slightly". The other element are the everyday
sounds he hears as it gives him artistic energy which he translated
onto his canvasses.
Tunbung Art Gallery:
The
centre was opened in 2002 and is used as his workshop as
well as to nurture and develop young local talent in he
country as well as in the rest of the West Africa region.
Tumbunto gallery has also attracted students from several
European universities. There are regular workshops and
exhibitions displaying his and other aspiring students
works. The studio is located out in the open and forms the
centre state and focus of his artistic efforts. The place is
one of a few local initiatives aimed at stimulating new
interest in painting and other creative endevours in The
Gambia.
Artist's Contact Details: Tumbunto Arts Village Tujereng, Kombo South
Tel: +(220) 998 2102
Email: etundow@yahoo.com

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