General

Print Type: HDX Ultra Chrome Pigment Color

Paper: Photo Rag 308g/m2- Hahnemuhle- Mat, warm white

Presentation on Passe-Partout Limited edition of 10 copies with certificate of authenticity and signature of the artist.

General is the portrait of a man in his fifties who lives in the former colonial district of Grand Bassam. Every morning, he dresses in a suit, chooses a place in the neighborhood and installs an old office there with a few objects recovered here and there. General is out of his mind, what we know about him is that he was the son of a general in the Ivorian army and that he is well-read. Every day, he becomes an important man, in a reality that is kinder to him. For Carine Mansan, he is the symbol of the madness of a country attached to its bureaucracy. A system devoid of meaning when you see these multitudes of unemployed graduates. In a suit, you feel valued even if inside, there is not much left...