🎨 Opening of “The New Beginning” Exhibition

📅 Thursday, June 5th, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📍 Alliance Française de Banjul
🎫 Free entrance

The Alliance Française de Banjul is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition “The New Beginning” by Gambian artist John S. Mendy, which will take place on Thursday, June 5th at 5:00 PM. 🥂✨

🌟 About the Exhibition

The New Beginning explores life cycles through the innocent and hopeful gaze of children. 👶💫 In the artist’s words: “The New Beginning depicts our lives as children, how they come to earth, live, inherit, perceive the Earth and make it a better place!”

This exhibition presents a series of works created during John S. Mendy’s artistic residency at the Alliance Française de Banjul in March 2025. Visitors will discover strikingly realistic portraits, showcasing the artist’s technical mastery. 🖼️👁️

👨‍🎨 The Artist

A promising figure in The Gambia’s contemporary art scene, John S. Mendy is a self-taught artist specializing in conceptual art and portraiture. His style blends hyper-realistic pencil work and painting, creating works of remarkable intensity. ✏️🎭

A sculptor, painter and draftsman, he continuously pushes the boundaries of his creativity. His works have notably been exhibited at Key Art Gallery, and this residency at AFB marks an important milestone in his artistic journey.

Join us to discover John S. Mendy’s artistic universe and celebrate together this artistic “new beginning”! 🎨

The exhibition will remain open to the public according to the Alliance Française’s opening hours. ⏰