Ça c’est quoi ? - 2000

108 x 152 cm
Acrylic on canvas

Inconscience naturelle de la femme - 1999

129 x 178 cm
Acrylic on canvas

J’ai besoin de soutien - 1999

130 x 130 cm
Acrylic on canvas

Kinshasa le matin - 1990

80 x 122 cm
Acrylic on canvas

L’obscurité en Afrique Noire - 1999

130 x 180 cm
Acrylic on canvas

La jeunesse Kinoise - 1999

130 x 189 cm
Acrylic on canvas

La tentation - 1999

130 x 160 cm
Acrylic on canvas

Négociations - 1998

134 x 178 cm
Acrylic on canvas

Quelle condition de travail? - 2004

90 x 124 cm
Acrylic and glitter on canvas

Rétrospective de la R.D.C. - 2001

90 x 124 cm
Acrylic on canvas, Glitter

Un artiste malhonnête - 1998

129 x 179 cm
Acrylic on canvas

Maître Syms

Bayangu Mayala, who calls himself Maitre SYMS, was born in Kinshasa on Dec. 25th, 1955, Republic of the Congo.

In 1976 Chéri Samba accepted him in his workshop where he learned the fabrication of rubber-stamps, silkscreen printing and portrait painting. After some months in 1977, Syms opened his first atelier. His main sources of inspiration are: "the stories of daily life in Kinshasa, the history of the 'boa-man', the small trades, the infidelity. I add the elements of my personal life too; the divorce of my parents, the death of my mother. I am inspired by the Bible".

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 - 2017

"Peinture Populaire du Congo", Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) de Bruxelles, du 7 octobre 2016 au 22 janvier 2017

2011

Feb 6 - Apr 24 2011

JapanCongo, Magasin Grenoble, France

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2014

Post Picasso: Contemporary Reactions, Exhibition catalogue, Museu Picasso, pg 75.

2007

Art for Aids, UNAIDS