L’homme d’affaires et collectionneur d’art congolais Sindika Dokolo est décédé, le 29 octobre, à la suite d’un accident de plongée. Ceux-ci contestaient le principe même de la vente aux enchères et dénonçaient une possible « soustraction de preuves » dès lors que le document risquait de terminer dans une collection privée. Thus far, the Foundation has maintained that course. Mais depuis plusieurs années, le couple était considéré en Europe par les banques comme des "personnalités exposées politiquement, autrement dit qui présentent un risque de corruption", selon une enquête du journal suisse Le Temps. Profitez de tous nos contenusexclusifs en illimité ! Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions. There is a way in which the distribution of the work of African contemporary art has served this crucial function, creating a sensory equality, if not yet legal or economic. » D’après certaines de nos sources, il est probable que le manuscrit écrit par Lapière sera prêté aux autorités congolaises afin de pouvoir être exposé dans le Musée de Kinshasa. This relationship of art’s exceptionalism and its autonomy is what I understand having an increasingly pressing importance in the coming years in Angola, Africa, and beyond. Dokolo is a Congolese/Danish/Angolan businessman married to the daughter of Eduardo dos Santos, who has been the president of Angola since 1979. Il a forcément suscité des vocations. Recevez chaque jour par email, les actus Jeune Afrique à ne pas manquer ! We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps and external Video providers. Pour la commissaire d’exposition, Sindika Dokolo incarnait une nouvelle génération, fière, indépendante, qui ne voulait plus recevoir de leçons du monde occidental. His holdings of more than 5,000 artworks are widely considered to be among the world’s most significant collection of African and African diasporic art, and include work by Yinka Shonibare, William Kentridge, and Otobong Nkanga, among many others. Sindika Dokolo était né en 1972 d'un père homme d'affaires et premier banquier privé sous le long régime du dictateur Mobutu Sese Seko (1965-1997). The foundation made its debut with the first Trienal de Luanda in 2006, after several years of preparation work following the ceasefire of 2002 in Angola. “This whole debate around restitution is a huge opportunity to address this issue and to work on it in a constructive way. http://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/reduzir_a_imagem_de_angola_a_corrupcao_e_uma_manipulacao_desonesta.html. Et suscite espoirs et polémiques. Sa mission est de bâtir un centre d’art contemporain à Luanda qui ne servirait pas seulement à l’exposition d’œuvres, mais également à l’incubation d’artistes locaux et internationaux. La famille en Tunisie de l'auteur présumé de l'attentat meurtrier de Nice le décrit comme un jeune homme qui s'est isolé et tourné vers la religion depuis deux ans. A la tête de la société publique pétrolière Sonangol vers la fin du long règne de son père (1979-2017), Isabel dos Santos (47 ans) a multiplié les investissements dans la téléphonie, les mines de diamants, la banque, l'immobilier… dans son pays et au Portugal. Le montant de la transaction restera secret même si le prix demandé n’avait rien de prohibitif.». If the production of these works was expressly anti-capitalist, then their status within the Dokolo collection is primarily to preserve not only the object, but the history of that mode of production. Sindika Dokolo Wiki Biography. Il y aura bientôt des suites, j’en suis convaincu mais M. Dokolo en parlera lui-même, le moment venu. Sindika Dokolo (1972–2020) Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and megacollector who tirelessly promoted African art through his foundation and acquisitions, and who later crusaded for the restitution of looted objects to African nations and courted international scandal over his suspicious business dealings, has died at age forty-eight after suffering an embolism while scuba … ». Il n’a jamais arrêté de rencontrer des artistes, de tenter de les mettre en avant, c’est l’une des rares personnalités du monde des affaires et de la politique africaine qui pouvait inspirer les autres décideurs africains. Un homme beau, jeune, élégant, ce qui compte dans cette société de l’image, qui incarnait un combat légitime. He would insist that the Trienal de Luanda and the Foundation were oriented first to Angolans, next to Africans, and last to the international art world. Aujourd'hui vendredi, 30th octobre 2020. For some, figures like Sindika Dokolo and Isabel dos Santos represent the failure of the socialist revolution to make life better for the people. His career has been active since 1995. The foundation has maintained a steady but aggressive schedule of exhibitions and work, most of which can be found documented on its website. Il affirmait être rentré au pays pour poursuivre le. C’était un vrai connaisseur qui mettait du sens dans la lecture d’un passé chahuté. Beaucoup de gens ont été très contents de profiter de cette manne financière… et un peu silencieux lorsqu’il a eu des ennuis. It is the topic of a book published last year by artist and Freee collective member Dave Beech, Art and Value: Art’s Economic Exceptionalism in Classical, Neoclassical, and Marxist Economics.8 One unique value of this book is Beech’s use of Marxist terms to argue why Marxist art criticism and history is not particularly suited to analysing art. On se rendra, pour plus d’information sur le site de la fondation. Terms & Conditions. Un vrai regard sur l’Afrique et sa création contemporaine, « Ce n’était peut-être pas un pionnier, mais c’était un homme impliqué depuis plus de vingt ans, et qui portait un vrai regard sur l’Afrique et sa création contemporaine, estime-t-elle. « Dans ce contexte polémique, la salle de vente a  préféré renoncer à cette vente aux enchères », nous dit l’un des chineurs bruxellois qui ont déniché les précieux documents. You can also change some of your preferences. », Et de conclure : « Il estimait aussi que l’on ne peut pas s’occuper de contemporain en laissant de côté le patrimoine, de là son idée de rapatrier le maximum d’œuvres pour en faire profiter les Africains. Masque volé de Tervuren : Des parlementaires interpellent. In 2014, Dokolo and a network of researchers launched a campaign to pressure art dealers, auction houses, and Western museums to repatriate illegally obtained African artworks to their countries of origin. Dokolo’s collection of contemporary art includes over 80 African artists as well as those from its Diaspora. Behind the Sindika Dokolo Foundation is an ideology to repatriate the rights to the continent to paint an accurate portrait of African art in our contemporary time. « On a perdu un héraut, quelqu’un de fin, d’engagé, de percutant, soupire à Abidjan Alain Kablan Porquet, amateur d’art passionné et collectionneur depuis plus de vingt ans. He owned one of the most important contemporary African art collections, which includes more than 3,000 pieces. Something we can debate, is her full embrace of Western capitalism as the only way forward for African nations. Fils de l’entrepreneur congolais Augustin Dokolo Sanu, de qui il hérite sa passion pour l’art africain, Sindika Dokolo a, à travers sa Fondation, œuvré à la restitution de trésors culturels volés à l’Afrique. Toute l'actualité de l'Afrique anglophone, Analyse, débats, expertises... Pour comprendre l'Afrique de demain et d'aujourd'hui. Currently, the Sindika Dokolo Foundation is working on a project, using marketing and publicity strategies, putting up dozens upon dozens of street advertisement of the artworks, to get the general public engaged with art in an ‘involuntary, unconscious and natural way’. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. L’artiste camerounais Omraam Tatcheda n’a jamais rencontré Sindika Dokolo. The physical presence of the collection on the continent is a literal Africanness, and in the end a more powerful one. Thus far, the Foundation has maintained that course. Similarly, we can look at Chokwe works repatriated to Angola through Dokolo’s programme to identify and return objects from the Dundo Museum in these terms. He is survived by his wife, Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos. The Trienal de Luanda opened with a major exhibition dedicated to two Angolan artistic ancestors: Chokwe wall murals from Northeastern Angola and the paintings of Viteix, a major anti-colonial and Independence era artist and administrator. Il avait notamment rendu une vingtaine d’œuvres issues de pillages pratiqués lors de la guerre civile angolaise au musée de Dundo, en Angola. The Dokolo family, his wife, children, mother, brother and sisters have the deepest sorrow and immense sadness to announce the passing of Sindika Dokolo,which occurred on October 29, 2020 in Dubai.We thank all who have expressed their sympathy and kindness and who share our grief pic.twitter.com/r5VgCt3P9V. « En quelque sorte, M. Dokolo a joué le rôle qui aurait du être celui du Musée de Tervuren. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. | © Belga, EO.0.0.23470, collection MRAC Tervuren ; R. Asselberghs, MRAC Tervuren et Michel Bouffioux. Dokolo’s collection of contemporary art includes over 80 African artists as well as those from its Diaspora. The answer, that there is no stable other, is a crisis felt by many political philosophers, artists, and art critics in recent decades. The real work is being done by African artists who expand what is seeable and sayable in the world. Dokolo does not consider himself part of the art world and in many ways operates like Sultan Al-Qassemi, whose Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah has a similar regional commitment and pours money into local artists and markets. He is especially involved with local Angolan artists. Amassing over 5000 pieces of invaluable African art, Dokolo has now become one of the symbols for repatriation in the history of art in Africa. Il avait 48 ans. There is a synergy between his collection and his audience, Dokolo encourages authentic creation through his collection and at the same time, he is inspired by this creativity to further experiment with his foundation. Such scholarship serves to reinforce the alterity of the mega-wealthy but rarely specifies its definition of labour and production, and is ambivalent about actors from so-called peripheral countries who successfully take control of capital. A lire aussi : Jaime Nogueira Pinto : "En Angola, l’argent facile a ébloui la classe dirigeante", Sindika Dokolo et Isabel Dos Santos au Cap d'Antibes lors d'une soirée organisée pour la Fondation d'Elton John en juillet 2019, © Copyright Paris Match 2020. The Sindika Dokolo Foundation is a safe haven for empowerment of future generations of Africans by providing them with the knowledge to participate in their own cultural history. "Je n'accepte pas que nous, les Africains riches, devions nous excuser ou nous justifier", se défendait Sindika Dokolo en 2017. Qu’ils ne finissent pas chez un collectionneur privé qui n’aurait pas eu les préoccupations éthiques qui sont les siennes. Il s'était lancé en politique en RDC, à la fin du régime de Joseph Kabila, créant depuis Paris un mouvement pro-démocratie, "Les Congolais debout". In his work of longing and reflection, Farewell to an Idea, Marxist art historian T.J. Clark states, “If I cannot have the proletariat as my chosen people anymore, at least capitalism remains my Satan.”1 At once a recognition of the end of modernism and an elegy for the type of art history suited to the task of its interpretation, Clark’s book tells us that modernism is our ancestor, as its hopes and dreams are unrecognisable to us now. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Our first selection of seven emerging and established talents who are shaping the Contemporary African Art scene, featured on ArtPremium magazine. L'entrepreneur avait fait une partie de sa scolarité dans un prestigieux lycée privée à Paris. Lire aussi RD Congo – Sindika Dokolo : « Je ne me positionne pas pour les élections » Une jeunesse dorée. Similarly, I admire the efforts of Dokolo, Alvim, and Njami to even out the exhibition sites they utilise, only showing in Europe in between exhibitions on the African continent. Je connais leurs adresses, je sais qu’ils feront le bon choix », nous avait-il expliqué lors de l’exposition IncarNations, profitant d’une tribune médiatique. Such scholarship serves to reinforce the alterity of the mega-wealthy but rarely specifies its definition of labour and production, and is ambivalent about actors from so-called peripheral countries who successfully take control of capital. Il fallait pouvoir se passer des prébendes que proposent les Occidentaux à l’Afrique. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. « J’ai rencontré Sindika à l’occasion de la présentation d’Africa Remix… Il m’a dit : ‘C’est la première fois que je vois une galerie africaine dans un grand musée. Dokolo does not consider himself part of the art world and in many ways operates like Sultan Al-Qassemi, whose Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah has a similar regional commitment and pours money into local artists and markets. Sindika Dokolo n’hésitait pas à mettre la pression sur les collectionneurs occidentaux accusés de posséder des œuvres volées. He finds that ‘it is a socialist government but there was always a kind of depth in the Angolan culture’ giving Angola’s local artistic language an ‘inner life and sensitivity in emotion’. His conclusion is that art is indeed exceptional to economic concerns, mostly because art production is not capitalist. Depuis 2014, M. Dokolo s’est investi dans un combat pour le retour en Afrique d’objets d’art volés qui se trouvent en Europe ou ailleurs dans le monde. As I see it, the real measure of “success” (whatever that may mean) for the Dokolo Foundation and Angolan artists, will be in multiplying art production that occurs beyond, and perhaps even in opposition to, the Foundation’s auspices. We may request cookies to be set on your device. I am less interested in whether Dokolo defines himself as an African collector or his collection as African than I am with the insistence on building a home for the collection in Luanda and doing the work of making spaces for artists there. Throughout the years with his collection and the foundation, Dokolo notices the ‘baby boom of creativity’, a proliferation in artistic expression in Angola in recent years. Toutefois la vente a été annulée à la suite d’une plainte déposée le jeudi 3 octobre par « un collectif de juristes, d’universitaires et d’activistes ». The real work is being done by African artists who expand what is seeable and sayable in the world. A recent and well-publicised effort by the Dokolo Foundation has been the repatriation of Chokwe, Likewise, for us involved in global art production and scholarship (and more pressing today, after the disaster of a 2016 election season in the United States) we need better ways to analyse money and wealth as it regards the autonomy of art. In my recently published book Repainting the Walls of Lunda: Information Colonialism and Angolan Art, I muse that Angola has long given us the ultimate test of the idea of artistic autonomy, due to its current dependence on the mega commodity of oil and its past nationalisation of industry and culture under Marxist-Leninist governance.5 Given this history and the global art world’s penchant for empty metaphors as ethical statements, the global south has long been poised to generate tomorrow’s philosophies of art.6. », Se passer des prébendes que proposent les Occidentaux à l’Afrique, « Il a su donner l’impulsion en Angola notamment… Et dans bien d’autres pays, ajoute Njami. Joseph Kabila - Félix Tshisekedi - Macky Sall - Mahamadou Issoufou - Denis Sassou Nguesso - Rached Ghannouchi - Blaise Compaoré - Catherine Samba Panza - Soumaïla Cissé - Alassane Ouattara. Image courtesy of Fundação Sindika Dokolo. consultable sur smartphone, PC et tablette. La fondation Sindika Dokolo a trouvé un accord avec les vendeurs dans l’après-midi. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. The Sindika Dokolo Foundation is a safe haven for empowerment of future generations of Africans by providing them with the knowledge to participate in their own cultural history. Dans l'actualité Tandis que les sites d’information en continu pointent l’implication de l’homme d’affaires dans les Luanda Leaks, le monde de l’art, unanime, célèbre l’impact décisif que cet amateur précoce (il a commencé sa collection à 15 ans) et généreux a eu sur la création, et notamment la création africaine. According to her, the best hope for African prosperity is for countries to enter into capital markets; to finance its “real” properties. He worked to develop Africa’s art market, founded the Angola Triennale, lent his collection to the 2007 Venice Biennale for its first African Pavilion, and helped underwrite 2017’s Adam Szymczyk–directed Documenta 14 on the condition that the art would travel to Luanda. De son côté, Isabel dos Santos a publié jeudi une photo au côté de son époux et d'un de leurs enfants. L'homme d'affaires et collectionneur d'art congolais Sindika Dokolo est décédé jeudi. Skip to content . Son but est de garantir que le précieux document reste dans le domaine public. I think that guarantees some consistency and some prudence also when they approach the international market.’. These art pieces in his collection are not just decorations for the domestic setting, they are a beacon of hope for redefining “Africanity” amidst the deafening Eurocentric perspectives on the continent and its artistic creations. Inclus, le dernier numéro spécial de Jeune Afrique. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Dokolo and his team are also working with local schools to coordinate guided visits to travelling exhibitions. Dokolo, a business tycoon and leading arts collector, became entangled along with his wife in a major anti-corruption investigation launched after her father, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, left office in 2017. Un masque luba, l’emblème officieux du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale (MRAC), a été pris lors du pillage d’un village congolais en 1896. Does it matter that Dokolo is African or not? Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Il n’a jamais été un ‘pleureur’ qui mettait tout sur le compte de l’histoire, il posait des actes. Soon after, he started an art foundation. The collection is chaired by Sindika Dokolo, vice chaired by Angolan artist Fernando Alvim, and has often featured the curatorial work of Cameroonian art historian and critic Simon Njami. Dokolo is very aware of the significance behind all this media attention, both from within the country and from the rest of the world. ‘My main focus is actually to manage to have a very dynamic artistic and cultural life with no infrastructure. The collection holds artworks ranging from the video projection. T.J. Clark, Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernism (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2001), 7-8. Peu avant, une somme considérable de 715.000 documents confidentiels ayant fuité dans la presse - les "Luanda leaks" - avaient été exploités par un consortium des 120 journalistes, dont les conclusions étaient accablantes: le couple avait "siphonné les caisses du pays". Sindika Dokolo a lancé la Fondation Sindika Dokolo dans le but de promouvoir des festivals artistiques et culturels. Le pavillon a été monté sans apport financier européen, ou extra-africain. There is an ongoing and heated debate between Dokolo and the Angolan journalist Rafael Marques, whose website Maka Angola is dedicated to agitating against what he sees as a total control over Angola and its resources by President dos Santos’ family. Ever since the initiation of this programme, 50,000 children have been enrolled and this year, Dokolo hopes to reach an audience of 100,000 children in his education of African contemporary art. C’est le marchand d’art Didier Claes qui a mené cette négociation. Likewise, for us involved in global art production and scholarship (and more pressing today, after the disaster of a 2016 election season in the United States) we need better ways to analyse money and wealth as it regards the autonomy of art. Ces faits criminels ont été relatés dans le journal de l’officier Albert Lapière. Il veut que les manuscrits de Lapière soient accessibles aux chercheurs, qu’en aucun cas, ils n’échappent au débat public. La France restituera-t-elle son patrimoine à l’Afrique ? Et d'ajouter: "Je préfère que la richesse du continent revienne à un Noir corrompu plutôt qu'à un Blanc néo-colonialiste". Le pavillon a été monté sans apport financier européen, ou extra-africain. L'efficacité du reconfinement à l'épreuve des scénarios de l'Institut Pasteur. Son but est de garantir que le précieux document reste dans le domaine public. figures emblématiques du développement de la scène artistique africaine dans le monde, Mohamed Melehi figure de proue de l’art contemporain marocain et Sindika Dokolo … As with the debate over wealth inequality in the UAE, Dokolo’s and Isabel dos Santos’ wealth and politics will likely continue to be debated in the public sphere – and make no mistake, there is a healthy debate in and outside of the country. In February 2016, still with José Eduardo dos Santos as President in Angola, the Sindika Dokolo Foundation handed over to the head of state, at the Presidential Palace, in Luanda, two masks and a statuette of the Tchokwe people (eastern Angola), who they had been plundered during the armed conflict, recovered after several years of negotiation with European collectors. Gendre de l’ex-président angolais José Eduardo Dos Santos, Sindika Dokolo est un homme d’affaire et un collectionneur d’art très fortuné. Ce n’était pas un vieux monsieur à la bedaine triomphante, un aigri qui se bat perpétuellement contre le grand méchant Occident. «La famille Dokolo, sa femme, ses enfants, sa mère, son frère et ses sœurs ont la plus profonde tristesse et une immense tristesse d'annoncer le décès de Sindika Dokolo, survenu le 29 octobre 2020 à Dubaï. Breaking News . He is an artist, a self-defined interlocutor, and has passionately argued for the ethics of increasing the presence of art in the city of Luanda. Their work, their production, is exceptional to the market. In my recently published book. En cela il a été indispensable. Part installation, part altar, the work was produced totally outside of the gallery; forged during a time when there was hardly anything resembling an art market in Angola. Sindika Dokolo et Isabel Dos Santos au Cap d'Antibes lors d'une soirée organisée pour la Fondation d'Elton John en juillet 2019 Bruno Bebert / Bestimage × Close Throughout the years with his collection and the foundation, Dokolo notices the ‘baby boom of creativity’, a proliferation in artistic expression in Angola in recent years. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. ». Most of the art criticism and history written from the 1980s onward was a quasi-leftist analysis of the economy’s encroachment into art via the art market. Plusieurs œuvres d’art africaines classiques ont ainsi rejoint leur pays natal. Les Africains qui ont de l’argent préfèrent en général s’acheter des voitures de luxe ou des châteaux… Rares sont ceux qui viennent en aide aux créateurs contemporains. Dokolo has witnessed many artists come and go in his foundation and now, he shares his views on the integration of African contemporary artists in the international circuits of art like a wise man reciting a fable. Profitez de tous nos contenus exclusifs en illimité ! The exhibition Art/Afrique, le nouvel atelier at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, constituted of 3 main sections retraces Africa’s grandiose landscape and future in the contemporary art world. Retrouvez Jeune Afrique sur les réseaux ! Ce 4 octobre, en même temps qu’un album photo, il devait être vendu aux enchères à Bruxelles. “Being African today means reading your own world through someone else’s eyes,” he told Artnet in an interview about the project. Celle-ci s’est donnée pour mission de soutenir le développement de l’art contemporain africain. Sindika Dokolo (born 16 March 1972) is a Congolese art collector and businessman. Sindika Dokolo, the husband of Isabel dos Santos, billionaire daughter of Angola's former president, has die d, his family announced on Friday. He would insist that the Trienal de Luanda and the Foundation were oriented first to Angolans, next to Africans, and last to the international art world.

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