Chéri Samba

Chéri Samba anaa Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi (born 30 December 1956) be a Congolese painter wey komot de Democratic Republic of Congo. He be one of de best known contemporary African artists, plus dem include ein works insyd de collections of de Centre Georges Pompidou insyd Paris den de Museum of Modern Art insyd New York. Dem sanso fi find large number of ein paintings insyd The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi.Contemporary African Art Collection, Geneva Archived 21 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine - Paintings and bio Na dem invite am make he participate insyd de 2007 Venice Biennale. Ein paintings almost always include text insyd French den Lingala, wey dey comment for life insyd Africa den de modern world. Samba dey live insyd Kinshasa den Paris. 

 Early life 
Originally, na Samba ein name be David Samba, buh for ein country insyd na der be a ban on keeping/giving people a Christian first name, so he decide make he change am to Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi. Later on, Samba adopt de name Chéri Samba, wich he originally want make he change to Dessinateur Samba, buh na he no do secof ein relationship plus de public. Ein last name, Samba, get two meanings insyd de Kikongo language, wey dey refer to de act of prayer anaa de act of being judged.
 Biography 
Na dem born Chéri Samba insyd Kinto M’Vuila, Democratic Republic of Congo, as de elder son of a family of 10 kiddies. Na ein poppie be a blacksmith den ein mommie a farmer. Insyd 1972, for de age of 16 Samba lef de village make he find work as a sign painter insyd de capital of Kinshasa, wer he encounter such artists as Moké den Bodo. Dis group of artists, wey dey include Samba ein younger bro Cheik Ledy, cam make dem constitute one of de country ein most vibrant schools of popular painting.

He be de central figure insyd de 1982 documentary film Kin Kiesse, wey dey offer ein thoughts for life insyd Kinshasa. According to de film ein director, Mwezé Ngangura, na Samba be instrumental insyd de making of de film, wey he convince de French Ministry of Co-operation, France 2 den Congolese television say Ngangura fi make a film on Kinshasa.

Na Samba ein breakthru be de exhibition Les Magiciens de la Terre for de Centre Georges Pompidou insyd Paris insyd 1989, wich make am known internationally.

Insyd 2007, curator Robert Storr invite Samba make he participate insyd de 52nd International Art Exhibition for de Venice Biennale, entitle "Think with the Senses—Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense", wey ebe described by The Huffington Post as "certainly 'the exhibition' of this new Century".Raymond J. Learsy, "The Venice Biennale, A European Triumph, A Global Cast, and a Great American Art Director", The Huffington Post, 7 June 2007.

 Similar artists 

 Hieronymus Bosch
 William Kentridge
 Camille-Pierre Pambu Bodo, Bodo
 Moké
 Abdoulaye Konaté

 References 
Category:Living people

 External links 

 Chéri Samba
 Chéri Samba at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris)
 Chéri Samba at Pascal Polar gallery, Brussels, Belgium
 Exhibition at Galerie Peter Hermann, Berlin
 Congo's Hogarth - Art Review magazine, July 2007, by Fred Robarts
 Venice Biennale 2007 - photo of Samba's room
 African Contemporary | Art Gallery - Chéri Samba's paintings
 Interview of Chéri Samba at the Cartier Foundation
 Cherí Samba Showcase, .

Category:1956 births
Category:Human
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo people
Category:20th-century painters
Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo painters
Category:Kongo people
Category:People wey komot Kinshasa
Category:Painters wey komot Paris
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to France