Alexandre Diop (b. 1995, Senegal; based in Vienna, Austria) is a Franco-Senegalese artist based in Vienna, and is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the tutelage of Daniel Richter. Diop builds his captivating artworks from a variety of found materials-commonly found in his everyday surroundings akin to the Italian arte povera movement-such as metal, wood, textile, latex, paper, animal fibers, burned fragments, gouache, glue, oil, pencil, pastel, leather, rope, varnish, nails, plaster, old car parts, rust, books and photographs. The effect is not unlike the work of Noah Purifoy or Louis Nevelson in that Diop transforms found materials into a unified and harmonious assemblage.
Alexandre Diop
Toutes Valeur a son Rythme, 2021
Mixed media on wood
73.74 x 64.17 x 3.94 in (187.3 x 163 x 10 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Mise en Scelle, 2020
Mixed media on wood
30.9 x 13.7 in (78.5 x 78.5 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Diplomat 15, 2021
Mixed media on wood
45.2 x 37.4 in (115 x 95 cm)
Alexandre Diop
L'Innocent à la Lune, 2020
Mixed media on wood
35 x 56 in (89 x 142.2 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Didactic and Frames, 2021
Mixed media on wood
41.34 x 37.4 in (105 x 95 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Autoportrait Ligamentaire, 2020
Mixed media on burlap
29.72 x 23.82 in (75.5 x 60.5 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Totem and Taboo 2, 2021
Mixed media
45.3 x 37.4 in (115 x 95 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Un Match à Rejouer, 2020
Mixed media on wood
46 x 36.2 in (117.7 x 92 cm)
Alexandre Diop
Schwarzwald, 2020
Mixed media on wood
44.5 x 79.9 in (113.5 x 203 cm)
As part of the Reiffers Art Initiatives mentorship 2022, Kehinde Wiley will mentor the young French-Senegalese artist Alexandre Diop. This collaboration will result in an exhibition at the Acacias Art Center – Reiffers Art Initiatives from October 19 – November 19, 2022.
