Alain Polo


KINSHASA (DRCongo)

born in 1985 (Kinshasa) - lives and works in Kinshasa, DRCongo
Alain Polo is a young artist from the "Academie des Beaux-Arts" in Kinshasa (graduate in 2006). He formed a group called SADI (Solidarity Artists for Integral Development) with Trésor Mukonkole, Yves Sambu, Kruchna Mongovo-Masangila and Fransix Tenda. Their works focuse on collective performances in popular areas of Kinshasa and the "village of erosion" of Mount Gafula whose houses collapsed each in heavy rain. They paint on pieces of insulated walls and houses on the brink of collapse. Photographs, performances, video are major media of Alain Polo, not hesitating to have fun with fashion.

Alain Polo also performs intimate photographic self-portraits on the ideal of "beauty" that he tries to embody its own transformation. His first series ("Jeune Homme à la Veste" -Young Man with Jacket- 2008 ; "Le Dormeur" -The Sleeper- 2009 ; "My Sweet Drawing" 2009 ; "Talon Aiguille" -High Heels- 2009) reveal intimate moments of doubt about his identity. Photo setting showing only disjointed fragments of his body, looks of unacknowledged envy on himself or a close, dark and cozy atmosphere of his world (the 4 walls of his room), some elements of pageantry of a fantasized reality, often taking from an imaginary world saw in magazines, reflections in broken mirrors, all open onto other vertigo that Congolese society does not always understand.


Alain Polo is represented by
Maison Revue Noire (Paris).


Biography
Exhibitions, performences

- October-November 2010 : exhibition  « Tozo kendé Wapi ? To Ko Kendé Wapi ? » (Where do we go? Where will we go?), collectiv project « Afropolis » in Joest-Museum, Koln, Germany
- October 2010 : collectiv exhibition « SudParis »  in Maison REVUE NOIRE, photographies, Paris, France
- Septembre 2010 : artist in residence at Doual'Art, Douala Cameroon, through the project  _trans-. Performences « La coiffure qui nettoie » and « Le dernier repas »
- September 2010 : collectiv exhibition « Alienator on Tour » in  Centre Culturel Français ?and performences « Robe Free Chiken », Kinshasa, RDCongo
- July 2010 : Performence « Couvre-Moi »  trough the project « The Brave New World » in Theater der Welt, Essen, Germany
- March 2010 : artist in residence for the project « The Brave New World »and performence « Couvre-Moi », Guangzhou, Chine
- October 2009 : exhibition « Tozokendé Wapi ? To Ko Kendé Wapi ? » (Where do we go? Where will we go?) in Centre Culturel  Français, Kinshasa, RDCongo
-  April 2009 : collectiv project for the Festival of Solidarity FESOL, first edition, Kinshasa, RDCongo
- January 2009 : video « Beautiful » during the workshop « In situ » directed by par Gody Leye from Cameroon and the collectif "Eza Possible", Kinshasa, RDCongo.
- October 2008 : artist residence trough the project  « To zo kendé wapi ?To ko kendé Wapi » by the collectif « SADI » in the village of erosion Kindelé at the Mont Gafula, Kinshasa, RDCongo
- July 2008 : fashion show  « B-Rela » during the festival « Botia Ka » at the Académie des Beaux Arts of Kinshasa and École supérieure d’Art Décoratif of Strasbourg
- August 2007 : perfomences « 47 ans Indépendance Cha-Cha » et « Amours égales preuves et geste » duuring the International fair Foire FIKIN in Kinshasa, RDCongo.
- june 2007 : urban actions of the collectif « SADI » with the performence « 47ans Indépendance Cha-Cha », Kinshasa, RDCongo
- 2006-2007 : artist residence « Scénographie Urbaine » with the performence « Liberté en Pleurs », Kinshasa, RDCongo
-2005-2007 : workshop organised by Académie des Beaux Arts of Kinshasa and École supérieure d’Art Décoratif of Strasbourg.

Alain Polo

© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, série "Jeune Homme à la Veste" 2008

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, (série Miroir Vert) 2009

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, série "Le Dormeur" 2009

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, série "Talon Aiguille" 2009

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, (série Mur Rouge) 2009

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, série "Jeune Homme à la Veste" 2008

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, série "Le Dormeur" 2009

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© photo Alain Polo, sans titre, (série Miroir Vert) 2009

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