Skin
Bili Bidjocka, Skin
Skin by Bili Bidjocka was made in Albisola in 2001 during the 1st Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art “The Happy Face of Globalization” and was also presented at the exhibition “Artist's Ceramics”, Ariana Museum, Geneva, 2002.
Zebra-skin
Bili Bidjocka, Zebra-skin
Zebra-skin by Bilj Bidjocka was made in Albisola in 2003 during the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Tiger-skin
Bili Bidjocka, Tiger-skin
Tiger-skin by Bilj Bidjocka was made in Albisola in 2003 during the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Leopard-skin
Bili Bidjocka, Leopard-skin
Leopard-skin by Bilj Bidjocka was made in Albisola in 2003 during the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Bili Bidjocka, Zebra-skin
Pelle
(...) I would like to stay with the same idea I used for the 1st Biennale and to continue with the Skin series. The shape will be the same as the first dress but this time it would feature different patterns: zebra skin, leopard skin, human, and so on, and some typical “jungle style” camouflage. The sheet for each dress is about: 2.10 x 80 cm. As I see all the dresses as one single piece, in the end, it will be a kind of monumental work. There is one pattern based on human skin that I think might be difficult to reproduce in ceramics so I’m thinking about the photo transfer system; transferring the image of human skin rather than trying to reproduce it by ceramic painting (...)
Bili Bidjocka