Is it a totem pole appearing on this white background? This abstract form, where everyone can see the fruit of the artist's imagination, undoubtedly reminds us of these ancestral African forms! The strength of this contrast and this representation bring power to this canvas. 

Coffignier observes and explores everyday life. He translates his emotions into energetic painting. Africa has reinforced the magical and powerful style of his paintings. Earthy colours, ochres, red ochres, whites, greys, blacks and then accents, sometimes an orange or a small cold blue note in a bubbling of materials, colours, sprays, stripes, bites, scratches, and then the balance presented, imposed by the large masses. He knows how to sweep us away with his gestures that play with shapes, and he brings that dimension and presence that are his signature.

Retour De Voyage is delighted to present this work, which gracefully accompanies the primitive art objects selected for this exhibition, immersing us in a world of travel that is both tender and violent, across the African continent and through the ages.

size 116x89, 1989