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S. Nzante SpeeSpee was born in Mbem, Cameroon, in 1953. He died in 2005. Since it is impossible to earn one's livehood in Bamenda by painting. Spee decorades facades, bookshops and post offices. He also makes handcrafted advertising posters and plays guitar in a reggae group. |
| The Wahdoosee Question Oil on Canvas 1994. 62 x 47,5cm |
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Feeling at Home |
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His style, the melting age, constitutes a pictoral world in which everything crumpls, flows falls apart. Like an impression that the world is ending.
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| The Urgent State of Emergency Military Paratroopers Oil on Canvas 1995. 83 x 58 cm |
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Dernier Championat Mondial de Boxe
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His references: an old illustrated calender and a few postcardes. He long worked in monochrome, since it was difficult to find paint in Bamenda.
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| David and Goliath Oil on Canvas 1995. 66 x 92 cm |
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"The Woodcutter" The destruction of our environment gently destroys us like every cigarette we smoke. Acryl on Canvas 1995. 61 x 76,5 cm |
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The French Cultural Center in Yaoundé has facilitated Spee's work by providing him with real canvases, and the entire gamut of brushes and paints. Artists are not very appreciated in society. We are neglected and even if people do talk about festivals, once they are over the same life starts up all over again
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| Echoes of Music Oil on Canvas 1994. 75 x 61cm |
| Le Paradis des Antilopes Oil on Canvas 1994. 62 x 47,5 cm |
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The Kora Quartet Acryl on Canvas 1995. 33,5 x 59,5 cm |
The Drummer and the Dancers Acryl on Canvas 1995. 33,5 x 59,5 cm |
The Man, the Women and the Child Oil on Canvas 1995. 33,5 x 59,5 cm |
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Music on the Move
Music Trio Band |
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| The Saturday Night Session Band Acryl on Canvas 1995. 59,5 x 33,5 cm |
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| Ausstellungsbeteiligungen |
| Around and Around | ||
| Groß und Quer | ||
| Homepage Nzante Spee |
