Kura SHOMALI (Kinshasa, 1979. Lives and works in Kinshasa, DRC) La femme au pagne mauve. Mixed media, gouache, acrylic and Indian ink on paper. 100 x 70 cm. Signed centre right and dated 2019. Shomali graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa in 2004 and from the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg in 2008. The artist recognizes a part of social responsibility in his art: «Art is like a very tight jacket and I don’t know how to put it on I always have an inner fear of not being able to fulfil collective fears that only art can calm»..