Les femmes libres, or Les Fioti Fioti (Women at Liberty, or Free Women), Alfi-Alfa

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Alfi-Alfa, Les femmes libres, or Les Fioti Fioti (Women at Liberty, or Free Women)
Alfi-Alfa, Les femmes libres, or Les Fioti Fioti (Women at Liberty, or Free Women)
Alfi-Alfa
Les femmes libres, or Les Fioti Fioti (Women at Liberty, or Free Women)
2013
Alfi-Alfa
born 1967
Les femmes libres, or Les Fioti Fioti (Women at Liberty, or Free Women), 2013
Where object was made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Material/technique: canvas; paint
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 99.69 x 103.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 39 1/4 x 40 3/4 in
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): not stretched 113 x 116 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 44 1/2 x 45 11/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2013.0054
On display: Michaelis Gallery
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Empowerment
Fioti-fioti means “little” in Lingala and is an iteration of a common Congolese aphorism, “little by little the bird builds its nest.” This can be understood as with time and steady work, success will eventually be built. When used in reference to young women, the term alludes to the perseverance and varied strategies of women to survive and thrive in society.
Empowerment
“Fioti-fioti” means “little” in Lingala and is an iteration of a common Congolese aphorism, “little by little the bird builds its nest.” This can be understood as with time and steady work, success will eventually be built. When used in reference to young women, the term alludes to the perseverance and varied strategies of women to survive and thrive in society.

Exhibitions

Empowerment
Susan Earle, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Kristina Walker, curator
Angela Watts, curator
2022–2027

Citations

Spencer Museum of Art Annual Report 2012-2013. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2014.

Spencer Museum of Art, Goddard, Stephen, ed, Register, VIII, No. 4 (Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2015): 93.