My problem today is Pigozzi. Jean Pigozzi, Johnny to his friends. Now the principle of the Pigozzi Collection sourced by Andre Magnin was that they would choose artists that were untrained, unaffected by the ugly Western World. Well, Cheri Samba is far from unaffected he is obviously copying our friend Mister Escher. So the Collection falls apart and the principles behind the Collection seem to have more holes in than Swiss Cheese. The truth be told, Jean Pigozzi is the right man for Africa, it's just he hasn't thought it through with his choice of artists. Africa needs to be seen as progressive it needs a Collector that is in it for the long-term. It needs so desperately the Jean Pigozzis of this world, not for their money but for their influence around the globe. Africa has such little support from the truly powerful amongst us...with the obvious exception of me, of course.
The idea to ask an artist to stay primitive is I am afraid boys and girls, asking far too much. Nobody wants to look a fool now! I think the premise of the Collection was perhaps a little weathered and demanded of the African to stay down but Africa and the Africans are waking up and they have their own agenda...
We can see at a glance that Africans are starting to put themselves in the picture. I spoke yesterday with Eria Sane Nsubuga, my terrible politically incorrect and stubborn friend..We spoke of Henri Rosseau and thoughts turned to Venus...
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