LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery presents from 17 December 2020 to 30 January 2021, a group exhibition of works by Ivorian artist Albéric Kouassi.

Works by Nu Barreto, Cédric Tchinan and Obou Gbais are also included in the exhibition.

Albéric Kouassi was born in 1988 in Abidjan, in the Côte d’Ivoire where he lives and works.

Born in the working-class district of Adjamé, a place of urban culture in the city of Abidjan where pop culture, hip hop and the use of the slang language specific to the Ivory Coast, "nouchi", are intertwined, Alberic Kouassi seems to feed from and into this with his work, in which one can feel the influence of the artist Keith Haring.

Art historian Simone Guirandou-N’Diaye, founded the Arts Pluriels gallery in 1991. One of the first traditional and contemporary art galleries in the Côte d’Ivoire, which distinguished  itself through its diversity of national and international artists,  the quality of its creations, the accumulated experience and passion that Simone Guirandou-N'Diaye knows so well how to communicate and transmit, thus becoming over the years, making it an unmissable cultural meeting point in Abidjan.

Continuing on from this success, Simone Guirandou-NDiaye and her daughter Gazelle Guirandou inaugurated the new LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery on 10 December, 2015. The name brings together two stories, two journeys, two lives, two first names. Louis, that of her late husband, who was the first to encourage and support her in her project, and Simone, hers, united through the "S".

A beautiful tribute to symbolize this modern space, adjacent to the villa LouiSimone Guirandou, which today covers the pool and part of the garden. This place is an invitation to a new generation of collectors.

Every exhibition is a stimulating and enriching experience, driven by the excitement of risk-taking and artistic choices. For the LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery, it is about offering a rare opportunity to interact each time with a new artistic expression, to discover new sensitivities, but also to enjoy the different perspectives of cosmopolitan visitors.

Through an avant-garde and eclectic program of works by Ivorian and International artists, emerging or well-known, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery continues to establish itself as a reference in the African cultural landscape.