Falonne Mambu

Democratic Republic of Congo  • 1992

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Falonne Mambu Luamba, painter and performer of Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Born January 8, 1992.

Certain artistic encounters make our common humanity more intense. The work of this Congolese artist (Kinshasa) Falonne Mambu Luamba, is of this kind.

Why does a young woman from the African continent paint naked female bodies? Is this a provocative artistic gesture that is part of a current of so-called contemporary art? 

To understand, we have to go further by summoning both ancient "The Tragedy of Lucretia" and contemporary feminicide. Then, the universality of Falonne Mambu's artistic purpose emerges from a pain as sharp as the urgent and vital need to free her word. 

This artist refuses to submit her soul and her will to the intimate tears made in her youthful body. She flaunts her nudity like a banner flapping in the wind of our consciousness. She calls on her African sisters, victims of the same crimes, to come out of silence and fear to find impunity. 

As she says herself "I paint women naked, because it is my story". But these tortured bodies are of all colors, so much are these crimes scarring each of the continents of our earth, so unique is each of these scorned humanities. Falonne Mambu expresses herself through the sure line of her apprenticeship at the Fine Arts School in Kinshasa and the soft voice of one who has mastered her fear. 

Through her art, she leads a fight so that our humanity is no longer tainted. She also knows that her liberating struggle will open up new artistic paths for her on which joy and the delicious little things in life will have the right of place in her creations.


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Falonne Mambu Luamba, painter and performer of Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Born January 8, 1992.

Certain artistic encounters make our common humanity more intense. The work of this Congolese artist (Kinshasa) Falonne Mambu Luamba, is of this kind.

Why does a young woman from the African continent paint naked female bodies? Is this a provocative artistic gesture that is part of a current of so-called contemporary art? 

To understand, we have to go further by summoning both ancient "The Tragedy of Lucretia" and contemporary feminicide. Then, the universality of Falonne Mambu's artistic purpose emerges from a pain as sharp as the urgent and vital need to free her word. 

This artist refuses to submit her soul and her will to the intimate tears made in her youthful body. She flaunts her nudity like a banner flapping in the wind of our consciousness. She calls on her African sisters, victims of the same crimes, to come out of silence and fear to find impunity. 

As she says herself "I paint women naked, because it is my story". But these tortured bodies are of all colors, so much are these crimes scarring each of the continents of our earth, so unique is each of these scorned humanities. Falonne Mambu expresses herself through the sure line of her apprenticeship at the Fine Arts School in Kinshasa and the soft voice of one who has mastered her fear. 

Through her art, she leads a fight so that our humanity is no longer tainted. She also knows that her liberating struggle will open up new artistic paths for her on which joy and the delicious little things in life will have the right of place in her creations.

When was Falonne Mambu born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1992