This small statue (68 cm) features a standing man, firmly planted on a horseshoe.

The sculptor Ndary Lo passed away in spring 2017. He was a graduate of the National School of Fine Arts in Dakar and was pursuing research on the theme of Man, with concrete iron as his base material, using the moiré effect of rust and the corrosion of welding points. With his "Hommes qui marchent", he has taken part in various exhibitions in Senegal and abroad. A Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic, he has won several prizes and awards, including the Léopold Sédar Senghor Grand Prize at the Dakar Biennale in 2002 and 2008. Ndary Lo was born in 1961 in Rusfisque, Senegal, into a middle-class family. His father was director of the national printing works and the father of twenty-four children. Ndary is one of his last wife's sons. At the age of 5, he was entrusted to his maternal grandparents who owned a large farm near Tivaouane, where he often went to keep company with the neighbouring blacksmith who taught him how to operate the bellows. From 1992 onwards, Ndary Lo embarked on a quest for the human figure. His "Walking Men", long metal silhouettes, his slender women with blurred faces, and his scrap metal bellies filled with doll heads, have won him numerous awards. 

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