This page displays paintings from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly called Zaire. The paintings are part of the Horvath-Collection, locally situated at Linz in Austria. Click here to see the complete collection.
"Struggling with war, violence, and political
uncertainty, it is an extremely resource rich country with a population living
in bitter poverty. (...) The paintings deal with pressing political issues, with
social and economic inequalities. They are sarcastic, sometimes shocking in
their unveiled directness. They reveal a life world of misery and uncertainties
that finds few parallels in Western countries. (...) The paintings unmask the day-to-day fragility of life in
Kinshasa."
Ruth Kutalek, Unit Ethnomedicine and International Health of the University
Vienna in "Congolese paintings on suffering, violence and trauma".
Exhibitions held in Linz, Austria:
"50
years independent Congo in paintings". Exhibition of
paintings of the Horvath-collection by VMK and KIP together with the Unit
Ethnomedicine and International Health of the University Vienna. Castle of
Puchenau near Linz, Upper Austria, October 30th to November 14th 2010.
"Freedom
and Congo". Paintings by Congolese artists (out of the
Horvath-collection) commenting the situation of the country after 50 years of
independence. "Jägermayrhof", Römerstraße 98, 4020 Linz. Nov.8th
2010 to January 21st 2011.
See also:
Elections 2006 in the Congo - Reflections of African
artists
March 2007 Violence in Kinshasa - Reflections of African
artists
The African dream of a better life painted by Congolese artists
Hope is named Obama - Reflections of African
artists
"La Deluge", 89 x 117 cm, 2005.
"La liberation du 17 Mai 1997", 92 x 142 cm, 2006.
"La chasse aux Rwandais", 99 x 120 cm, 2006.
"La Bataille Sanglate de Kinshasa", 90 x 109 cm, 2007.
"La Mutation", 93 x 128 cm, 2007.
"? - Kabila, Bemba and Nkunda", 92 x 112 cm, 2008.
"L'espoir", 89 x 140 cm, 2009.
"Barack Obama - Thinking about Africa", 89 x 138 cm, 2010
"Paix", 75 x 92 cm, 2009.
"Ivory Coast", 2011.
"Le lion et le leopard", 100 x 180 cm, 2004.
"L'anniversaire du roi", 94 x 150 cm, 2007.
"I HAVE A DREAM - YES WE CAN", acrylic colors on canvas, 78 x 79cm, Republic of Congo, 2011.
"2 Personnages pour un meme IDEAL", acrylic colors on canvas, 100 x 130cm, Republic of Congo, 2010.
Cheri CHERIN (Joseph Kinkonda):
"DEMON-CRATIE", 80 x 135 cm, 2004.
"Catastrophe de Ndolo", 60 x 82 cm, 1999.
"Mystique Congolaise", 62 x 96 cm, 1999.
"L'Esclavagisme", 152 x 250 cm, 2006.
Cheri Cherin with his paintings : "Immigration Clandestine" (140 x 355,5 cm) and "Course au Pouvoir" (129,5 x 333,5 cm), both 2007 .
"Si j'etais president" (Barack Obama). 200 x 300 cm, 2009.
"Los Galacticos" (Global Players). 144 x 220 cm, 2010.
"Plundering", acrylic colors on flour-sack, 77 x 100 cm, Congo 1999.
"Refugees", acrylic colors on canvas, 76 x 92 cm.
"Planet J", acrylic colors on canvas, 90 x 91 cm.
"Prostitution", acrylic colors on canvas, 82 x 92 cm.
"The UN and Africa - Cutting out the best pieces", acrylic colors on canvas, 82 x 93 cm.
"Congo", acrylic colors on canvas, 82 x 93 cm.
"Votez Meya president", acrylic colors on flour-sack, 87 x 103 cm, 2006.
"50 ans des malades ou d'independance", 90 x 90 cm, 2010.
"Fini la recreation. La liberation a la dictature", 58 x 78 cm, 2010.
"Un bon choix pour un bon avenir" (Vol.1), 100 x 136 cm, 2006.
"Un bon choix pour un bon avenir" (Vol.2), 100 x 120 cm, 2006.
"A qui le monde dans cet epoque de vitesse?", 110 x 150 cm, 2007.
"Non! Plus jamais ca les violences contres les femmes a l'est.", 120 x 150 cm, 2008.
"Barack Obama - How to heal the world", 88 x 132 cm, 2009.
"G 20", 81 x 107 cm, 2009.
Nsimba KAPESA: "Kabila", oil on canvas, 88 x 129 cm, Republic of Congo.
"Elections in the Congo - Dream or Reality?", 52 x 63 cm, 2002.
"The Role of the UN in Africa", 106 x 113 cm, 2002.
"Transport-Problems", acrylic colors on canvas, 67 x 109 cm, 1999.
J.P. KIANGU:
"50 ans (50 Years Independence of the Congo)", acrylic colors on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2011. President Joseph Kabila (the lion) dancing with his vice-presidents, after 50 years of independence of the Congo and just before the elections in 2011.
"Qui a en grosser L'Afrique?", acrylic colors on canvas, 109 x 134 cm, Republic of Congo, 2009.
"Arresting of General Nkunda", 92 x 95 cm, 2008.
"Cannibalistic Massacre", 65 x 90,5 cm, 2004.
"Problems of an Economist in Kinshasa", 70 x 103 cm, 2004.
"Vers le Congo de Demain", 83 x 104 cm), 2006.
"Corruption", 75 x 100cm, 2007.
"Quand les politiciens nous emmenent en bateau", 55 x 77 cm.
"Bar-Scene", acrylic colors on flour-sack, 69 x 90 cm, Congo 2002.
LANDRY: "Nous voulons l'independance immediate", acrylic colors on canvas, 78 x 98 cm, 2010.
"Market", acrylic colors on canvas, 90 x 128 cm, 2002.
"Le sida ne pardonne pas", acrylic colors on canvas, 92 x 126 cm, 2000.
MAMPELA: "L'ARGENT REPOND A TOUT", acrylic colors on canvas, 68 x 101 cm, 2004.
"50 Ans Independance" (50 years history of the independent Republic of the Congo). Acrylic colors on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 2010.
"Dialogue Solola Bien", acrylic colors on canvas, 138 x 160 cm, 2008.
"Solidarite participative Haiti", acrylic colors on canvas, 63 x 80 cm, 2010.
"Solidarite paricipative Haiti" (version2), acrlic colors aon canvas, 130 x 100 cm, 2010.
MOKE the Painter (Monsengwo Kejwamfi):
"Allegorical Scene", oil on flour-sack, 82 x 100 cm, 1982.
"Metamorphosis", oil on flour-sack, 97 x 84 cm, 2001.
A classical image by Moke (right): "Women's Liberation Movement", oil on flour-sack, 93 x 97 cm, 1976.
"Les cauchemards de la transition", 100 x 120 cm, 2004.
"Parlement - debout", 107 x 118 cm, 2006.
"La Vigilance de Moke Fils", 134 x 172 cm, 2006.
"Conference de paix au nord et au sud Kivu", 106 x 136 cm, 2008.
"PAREC - Arme a feu contre 100 $", 90 x 119 cm, 2009.
"The Pirates of Somalia", 89 x 99 cm, 2009.
"Sous la Menace des Obsedes", acrylic colors on canvas, 80 x 100 cm, 2010.
"Qui changera la face du monde?", acrylic colors on canvas, 60 x 80cm, Republic of Congo, 2009.
"Les hommes passent, l'histoire reste", acrylic colors on canvas, 105 x 110 cm, 2009.
"Le Congo d'aujourd'hui dans elections democratiques", acrylic colors on canvas, 104 x 110 cm, 2008.
"COURSE AU POUVOIR",120 x 158 cm, 2007.
"L'IMAGE D'UN CONGO PROSPERE ETD'ESPOIR", 120 x 200 cm, 2006.
"OPERATION VANDA NA MBOKA", 133 x 176 cm, 2006.
"Trying the Impossible", 77 x 103 cm, 2004.
"Forced Landing", 73 x 97 cm, 2004.
"La Fin de la Demagogie", 102 x 189 cm, 2005.
"Quoi! Pour le Congo?", 98 x 117 cm, 2006.
"Evenement du 22 au 23.03.07 a Kinshasa RDC", 85 x 107 cm, 2007.
"Le terrorisme ennemi de la mondialisation", 120 x 165 cm, 2008.
"Fiers d l'etre", 89 x 124 cm, 2009.
"Qui est Obama?", 68 x 99 cm, 2009.
"Chute d'un regime dictatorial" (Mobutu Sese Seko), acrylic colors on flour-sack, 83 x 104 cm, Congo 1999.
"Quand un dictateur veut apaiser ses nerves" (Laurent Kabila), acrylic colors on table-cloth, 65 x 92 cm, Congo 2002.
"Dialogue intercongolais", acrylic colors on table-cloth, 71 x 91 cm, Congo 2001.
"Quand le pasteur drague", acrylic colors on canvas, 59 x 82 cm, Congo 1999.
"Si j'etais riche", acrylic colors on canvas, 69 x 92 cm, Congo 1999.
"La mort d'un polygame", acrylic colors on canvas, 64 x 89 cm, Congo 1999.
"Calme tendu", acrylic colors on canvas, 95 x 110 cm, Kinshasa 2007.
"Violent affrontement du 22 au 23 mars 2007, acrylic colors on canvas, 96 x 111 cm, Kinshasa 2007.
SONGOLA Biga: "Evenement du 22 - 23 Mars a Kinshasa (R.D.C.)", acrylic colors on canvas, 90 x 90 cm, Republic of Congo, 2007.
"LE CONGO DE DEMAIN", 85 x 96 cm, 2006.
"Le Roi du Zaire", 83 x 80 cm, 2007.
"Sun City or the Role of the UN in the Congo", 68 x 94 cm.
"The Truth about the Priest", 64 x 98 cm.
"Le Mystere des elections en RDC", 80 x 84 cm, 2006.
"Le deluge Congolais", 74 x 107 cm, 2008.
"Le Jeux du pouvoir", 90 x 127 cm, 2006.
"Le Culte de la Personnalite", 69 x 100 cm, 2007.
"JE REVE LE CONGO FUTUR", 90 x 114 cm, 2006.
"A qui la bonne gouvernance?", 120 x 154 cm, 2007.
"La Naissance du nouveau metre", 80 x 110 cm, 2009.
"Un pas vers l'espoir", 80 x 110 cm, 2009.
"The Bloody History of the Congo"
by the Austrian artist Werner Horvath: Lumumba (middle) and the dictators Mobutu Sese Seko (right) and Laurent Kabila (left).
