Actor not an Actor (I)

Name: Actor not an Actor (I)
Brand: René Tavares
SKU: 55678099620213
Price: 3485.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

René Tavares
São Tomé and Príncipe

€3.485,00

Photography, Colour Photograph Printed With Archival Jet Print on Hahnemulle Cotton Paper 310gr

Size: 90 W x 60 H cm / 35.43 W x 23.62 H in

Ships in a cardboard and bubble wrap

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About The Artwork

Originally created: 2019
Subject: Portrait, Cultural Identity, Performance, Heritage, Symbolism
Materials: Hahnemulle Cotton Paper
Medium: Photography, Archival Jet Print
Style: Portrait, Symbolism, Pattern Art, Conceptual

Details & Dimensions

Photography: Colour Photograph Printed With Archival Jet Print on Hahnemulle Cotton Paper 310gr
Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size: 90 W x 60 H cm
Frame: Not Framed
Ready to Hang: Not applicable
Packaging: Ships in a tube

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Handling: Ships in a cardboard and bubble wrap. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Afrikanizm Art’s packaging guidelines.

Ships From: Portugal

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Actor not an Actor (I) is a compelling contemporary African photograph by René Tavares, printed with archival jet pigments on premium paper. Combining vivid colour, sharp detail, and conceptual depth, the work explores identity, performance, and the blurred boundaries between reality and representation.

Perfect for collectors seeking distinctive African photography, Actor not an Actor (I) is shipped worldwide in secure, museum-quality packaging and includes a Certificate of Authenticity, ready to bring visual impact, meaning, and cultural resonance to any collection.

René Tavares

ABOUT THE ARTIST

René Tavares

René Tavares (b. 1983, São Tomé and Príncipe) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice navigates identity, memory, and postcolonial legacies. Trained in France and Senegal, he merges photography, painting, and drawing to create layered works that blur archival references with expressive intervention.

Often reworking colonial-era portraits, Tavares overlays them with bold strokes, textures, and symbolic codes — gestures that question fixed narratives and reclaim African presence. His work inhabits a space between history and reinvention, where identity is not static but constantly reimagined through movement, mark-making, and visual resistance.