AMADOU OPA BATHILY

b. 1985, Mali

Amadou Opa Bathily (b. 1985) is an artist from Mali. He graduated from the National Institute of Arts and the Balla Fasséké Kouyaté Conservatory of Multimedia Arts and Crafts in Bamako. While still very young he began working at the Atelier Miria art restoration workshop, where he perfected techniques for working various materials, especially metal. In his paintings he applies methods of working hard materials and uses leather, plastic and recycled materials, which give his compositions lightness and plasticity. His paintings are inspired by the traditional leather costumes of the hunters known as “Donzo Ton”. By juxtaposing different materials, he creates a poetry of the everyday and conveys the fragility of daily life.

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