Yves Apollinaire Pede (1959–2019) was a Beninese voodoo artist. After being commissioned to reproduce reliefs for the Abomey Museum, he made sand paintings of well-known personalities such as Nelson Mandela.[1] He gradually became oriented towards textile art, looking to Haitian and Cuban Vodou artists for inspiration. He is also noted for his large cement sculptures and bas-reliefs, and is stated to have a "special interest" in Kulito, a Fon word which literally means "the one from the path of death".[2][3]
Pede was born in 1959, in Abomey, Benin. He was based in Ouidah, the world centre for Vodun art, which has an annual festival.[1] He died in 2019 in Ouidah, Benin.
References edit
- ^ a b "Yves Pede" (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 34.
- ^ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 97.
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