29th Oct, 2025 12:00
Modern & Contemporary African & Middle Eastern Art
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‡ ANJEL (BORIS ANJE TABUFOR) (CAMEROONIAN B.1993)
FON
signed and dated angel 18 lower right
posca paint and acrylic on canvas
140 x 110cm; 55 x 43 1/4in
unframed
Property of a Private Collector, Madrid
Provenance
AFIKARIS Gallery, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Boris Anjé Tabufor, known as Anjel, is part of a new generation of Cameroonian painters whose work explores the intersection of identity, aspiration, and global consumer culture. A graduate of the Institut des Beaux-Arts de Foumban, Anjel lives and works in Douala, drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of urban youth and the visual codes of luxury branding.
In Fon (2018), a young man is surrounded by garments and logos that both define and constrain him. Executed in acrylic and Posca paint, the composition reflects the artist’s crisp graphic sensibility and his dialogue with the visual language of fashion imagery. Beneath the surface allure lies a nuanced critique of material aspiration and the politics of self-presentation in contemporary African society: an interrogation of the performance and consumption of identity in the global age.
FON
signed and dated angel 18 lower right
posca paint and acrylic on canvas
140 x 110cm; 55 x 43 1/4in
unframed
Property of a Private Collector, Madrid
Provenance
AFIKARIS Gallery, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Boris Anjé Tabufor, known as Anjel, is part of a new generation of Cameroonian painters whose work explores the intersection of identity, aspiration, and global consumer culture. A graduate of the Institut des Beaux-Arts de Foumban, Anjel lives and works in Douala, drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of urban youth and the visual codes of luxury branding.
In Fon (2018), a young man is surrounded by garments and logos that both define and constrain him. Executed in acrylic and Posca paint, the composition reflects the artist’s crisp graphic sensibility and his dialogue with the visual language of fashion imagery. Beneath the surface allure lies a nuanced critique of material aspiration and the politics of self-presentation in contemporary African society: an interrogation of the performance and consumption of identity in the global age.
Auction: Modern & Contemporary African & Middle Eastern Art, 29th Oct, 2025
If you want to start collecting striking modern and contemporary art in a newly developing market, our sales are for you. Each spring and autumn, the Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Department hold tightly curated, live and online auctions. Expect to find Arab artists such as Tahia Halim, Seif Wanly, Mahmoud Said and Mohanna Durra. African artists featured have ranged from modern masters such as Ablade Glover, Sam Ntiro and Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, to contemporary artists George Lilanga, Jilali Gharbaoui, Famakan Magassa, Christano Mangovo, Oluwole Omofemi, Esther Mahlangu and Brett Seiler.
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 26th October: 12pm to 4pm
Monday 27th October: 10am to 8pm (Drinks 5-8pm)
Tuesday 28th October: 10am to 5pm
