This is from the closing of the art show collaboration between Africa and China.... African Artist Mr. Ba Djibril Ngawa worked with a Chinese scholar to draw paintings around Chinese calligraphy. Djibril, who is from Mauritania in Northern Africa, perhaps wanted to express his joy that China has been making increasing investments in infrastructure in many parts of the African continent, also known as the One Belt One Road project.
Djibril's bright colors have created a sort of orange and black musical instrument... and perhaps the figure behind it is playing it, around a Chinese letter of calligraphy. In this very abstract work, you can make your own stories up. Show just closed at the Dwyer Art center in Harlem, NY, entrance on West 123rd Street, around the corner from St Nicholas and Frederick Douglas Boulevard.
