It’s a pearl. An artist who, in her work, combines African and European refinement. Moreover, the pearl speaks. She speaks of mixed-race art, not false, since we owe it to a claimed ch’ti Cameroonian, from a multicultural cauldron and passionate about the history of art.
As far as you know right away, she is hypersensitive, allergic to hierarchy, therefore gifted autodidact, passed by the École du Louvre, first Prize of the International Biennial of Sculpture of Ouagadougou in 2019, having exhibited in Rome, New York, Paris, Dakar and soon in Yaoundé. 32 years old, Beya Gille Gacha, shakes up our little comfort, just by eyeing his sculptures. In question: its tendency to bead the human body, drawing inspiration from traditional Bamileke codes. Inevitably, it produces thought, discourse and even a look at questions of identity, femininity, justice or injustice in our yesterday and our today. To see right now in Paris (3rd) his series praying breathtaking, as part of the exhibition The forest song.
The musical choices of Beya Gille Gacha
Childish Gambino Redbone
Gael Faye Early in the morning
Reniss The sauce