Träsmycken från Senegal, Galleri Stallet, Edsvik Konsthall
14 juni - 19 juni 2014
Vernissage: 14 juni 2014 kl. 11-17
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Edsvik konsthall presenterar en exklusiv kolletion av halsband från staden Touba i Senegal.
Baye Fall är en spirituell gren inom Islam som har en rik kultur- och hantverksmässig tradition.
Edsvik Konsthall Landsnoravägen 42
192 51 Sollentuna
www.edsvik.com

Senegambisk familje- och kulturdag, Skarpnäcks kulturhus och bibliotek, 10 maj 2014 Arrangör Baye Fall afrikulturförening med stöd av Stockholms stad På programmet (Kl. 11-17): Sagostund i biblioteket Eva Susso läser ur sina Rita-böcker Konstworkshop med Papa Ibrahima Diallo Danslek med Abdoulaye Seck alias Baye fall Secondhand-marknad med afrikanska kläder Pysselhörna, bokbord, mat och fika För mer information se: http://skarpnackskulturhus.stockholm.se/Globala-sidor/Kalender/2014/Evenemang/Senegambisk-kulturdag-for-hela-familjen/

Profile

Papa Ibrahima Diallo, Senegalese artist and musician, masters woodcraft using smooth ebony, produces unique batiks and plays the djembe – some of which his inspired by the spiritualism of the mouride brotherhood the Baye Falls. He uses traditional methods and tools, and is inspired by daily Senegalese life, nature and its mystic features, but also produces modern and abstract designs for his art.

He has worked for over 20 years on the Senegalese and Gambian art scene. As he has travelled extensively he has worked on the historical island of Goree, in the ancient Senegalese capital of St. Louis, the traditional villages of Casamance, the busy tourist resorts of Saly, and the bustling art markets of Dakar and Bakau, the Gambia.

He is one of the founders of the Baye Fall culture association with its base in Stockholm, Sweden.

If you are interested in discussing his art, buying some of his artwork or signing up for a course you can contact him on email papejallowbayefall@yahoo.co.uk and 0046 73 6641129.

Paintings

Papa paints using the technique of collage, often mixing natural paint with natural materials such as calebass, fibres and cotton, as well as recycling bicycle wheels etc. Motives are often inspired from the mysteries of nature and spritualism within the Baye Fall movement.

Woodcraft

For his woodcraft, he sources the ebony wood from fallen trees which can be found in the religious centre of Touba, Senegal, and outside Dakar. The wood, traditionally used by the Baye Falls for their prayer necklaces and other jewellery, has a dark nucleus and light outer layers. Papa Ibrahima Diallo works the wood smooth by using traditional tools making the products all hand-made. He often picks motives for his sculptures from the nature, such as the sacred baobab tree, animals from the delta in southern Senegal and enters his interpretation of traditional mystic features in the nature. His jewellery include Baye Fall symbols such as the bowl for begging and the ‘club’ but also abstract modern forms.

Batik and njaxas patchwork

Papa uses wax printing for his batiks, a method which requires detailed planning and a process in many stages. The inspiration for the designs comes from daily Senegalese life but he also creates abstract patterns for clothes, wall painting and bed sheets. He works with traditional Baye Fall patchwork design too, including using basin and traditional wax textiles from Senegal and West Africa. Working from his backyard in Dakar, he collaborates with traditional tailors and other craftspeople, some of which are members of the Baye Fall brotherhood. He creates textile works in a studio in Hökarängen, southern Stockholm, together with Baye Fall disciple Elhadji Biteye.

Music

He started playing the djembe in 1987, teaching himself and practicing after work. Now he masters traditional West African djembe, and blends that with jazz, blues. He also accompanies the spiritual prayer-singing sikhar. He is one of the few selected percussionists playing with the Baye Fall troupe of Chiek Ndiguel Fall; he plays the unique and spiritual music during the grand ceremonies in Touba and throughout Senegal. He has also performed during the Swedish celebration of the spiritual leader Sam Fall in Old Town, Stockholm. He has played with Moudou Sissoko, Salif Keita and Oumou Sangare’s guitarist, in Bamako, Afrika Djembe in Senegal, and Dounia Ballet in Gambia and has his own group in Dakar, Family Ka. He plays jazz and rhytm and blues regularly with Derek Walter Band in Gamla Stan, Stockholm.


March 2008 Djembe performance at Tostan Sweden's annual general meeting, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
July 2008 Djembe performance at Vintervikens trädgård, Stockholm
March 2009 Djembe performance at Tostan Sweden's annual general meeting, ABF huset, Stockholm
May 2009 Djembe performance during family and child outing, Förskolan Pysslingen, Stockholm
June 2009 Djembe performance during African pub evening, Dunker, Sweden
August 2009 Djembe performance during seasonal opening at music school, Stockholm