Tralala de la vie quotidienne (The Tralala of Everyday Life)

Jean-Paul Mika, artist

born 1980

Tralala de la vie quotidienne (The Tralala of Everyday Life), 2013

Where object was made: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Material/technique: canvas; paint

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 59.69 x 78.74 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 23 1/2 x 31 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2013.0053

Not on display

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In this work, JP Mika combines self-portraiture with scenes of everyday life in Kinshasa. Shown seated in the foreground, the artist paints a crowded train, which bursts off the canvas and into the chaotic street scene where he works. Like many works in the emerging art populaire tradition of urban Africa, the painting provides social commentary on the problems that plague Kinshasa, including overcrowding, theft, violence, prostitution.

Exhibition Label:
"20/21," Dec-2014, Cassandra Mesick
In this work, JP Mika combines self-portraiture with scenes of everyday life in Kinshasa. Shown seated in the foreground, the artist paints a crowded train, which bursts off the canvas and into the chaotic street scene where he works. Like many works in the emerging art populaire tradition of urban Africa, the painting provides social commentary on the problems that plague Kinshasa, including overcrowding, theft, violence, prostitution.