Signes
1982 - 1988
Signes
1982 - 1988
Following a heavenly vision vouchsafed in 1948, the thinker, poet and draughtsman Frédéric Bruly Bouabré produced a body of work intended to embody all the knowledge in the world. Inventor of an alphabet of 442 monosyllabic pictograms based on his own Bété language, he composed a universal encyclopaedia in images drawn in ball-point and crayon on small sheets of cardboard. Mixing signs proper to his own culture, universal symbols and short descriptive texts, he composed a kaleidoscopic vision of living being organised through categories both poetic and spiritual, such as “Scarifications”, “Myths and Symbols” and so on.
| Domain | Dessin |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Mine graphite et stylo-bille sur carton d'emballage |
| Dimensions | 15 x 9,6 cm |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1990 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1990-47 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
(1923, Côte d'Ivoire - 2014, Côte d'Ivoire) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Signes |
| Creation date | 1982 - 1988 |
| Domain | Dessin |
| Description | Ensemble de 10 dessins |
| Techniques | Mine graphite et stylo-bille sur carton d'emballage |
| Dimensions | 15 x 9,6 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.D.S.REV.,D.B.OU R. : F.B.BRULY |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1990 |
| Collection area | Cabinet d'art graphique |
| Inventory no. | AM 1990-47 |