Dominique Kouas

Dominique Kouas (born 1952) is a Béninois Vodou artist. His work is strongly influenced by traditional anonymous African artists from previous centuries.[1] He is noted for his large metal-based works, which are on display in the International Festival of Vodun Arts and Cultures in Ouidah, but operates a studio in Porto Novo. Among his notable works is a sculpture of a "three-headed, three-footed, three-armed Mami Wata".[2] Another is one which "depicts several faces bearing Fon (two on each cheek, temples, and forehead) and Yoruba (three on each cheek) scarification marks indicating their ethnic membership".[3] The October Gallery in London is also in possession of his art.

References

  1. ↑ Revue noire. Publications Editions Bleu Outremer. 1995. pp. 13–4, 18.
  2. ↑ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 36.
  3. ↑ Silverman, Helaine (2 November 2010). Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-4419-7305-4.
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