LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery, Abidjan, is pleased to present "Symbol System" a duo-show by artits Ghislain Brown-Kossi and Yan Garnier, from 16 Feb. to 8 April, 2023.

Ghislain Brown-Kossi, Franco-Ivorian visual artist, lives and works in Vancouver (Canada). From this multicultural openness, Ghislain develops an artistic practice that he describes as "archaeological pop". Through a universal language of symbols, which he associates with pop colours and abstract design forms, the artist questions the links between cultures and encourages interactions with curiosity and enthusiasm.

Yan Garnier, French artist who created the Dafing or "abstract figurative drawing", allows a multitude of signs and symbols to freely interweave on his canvases, until the surface is completely saturated. Each canva is a meditation, an invitation to dive into the meanders of thought.

The two artists tirelessly reproduce the signs and symbols until they create a pattern of their own. The interaction between the signs on the canvas reveals a communication system. The vivid and contrasting colors participate in the development of this so particular language, which oscillates between the use of universal symbols and a plunge in the inner self.

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