Yves Apollinaire Pede

Yves Apollinaire Pede (born 1959 in Abomey) is a Beninois Vodou artist. After being commissioned to reproduce reliefs for the Abomey Museum, he made sand paintings of well-known personalities such as Nelson Mandela.[1] He gradually became oriented towards textile art, looking to Haitian and Cuban Vodou artists for inspiration. He is also noted for his large cement sculptures and bas-reliefs, and is stated to have a "special interest" in Kulito, a Fon word which literally means "the one from the path of death".[2][3] He is based in Ouidah, the world centre for Vodun art, which has an annual festival.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yves Pede" (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ↑ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 34.
  3. ↑ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 97.


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