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This is the first chapter of “Collection Meets”, a new series of presentations dedicated to contemporary art that establishes a dialogue between works from the RMFAB collections and pieces from external collections.
Painter and essayist, Georges Meurant is best known for his dynamic use of color, chromatic abstractions, and geometric lines. A great connoisseur of Kasai embroideries, he developed a pictorial practice inspired by their motifs — without copying them. Rather, it was their constructed, structural quality that guided him in creating a highly personal style.
The works of the young artist Bonolo Kavula, positioned between embroidery, sculpture, and installation, echo both Meurant’s practice and textile art. Their serial nature — at once minimalist and complex — plays with the alternation of bright and dark colors.
This event offers an opportunity to question the encounter between African traditional art and the practice of a Western painter, showing that inspiration is not synonymous with appropriation.
Admission with a ticket for the permanent collection