EXHIBITION AT FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE; VARIOUS WORKS.




Initials TS/VS/BOB/MH



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Background: IN ABIDJAN, IVORIAN SCULPTOR CHRISTIAN LATTIER IS CURRENTLY STAGING A ONE-MAN EXHIBITION OF HIS MODERNISTIC WORKS. LATTIER, WHO STUDIED IN PARIS, HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED IN AFRICA FOR HIS ART.

DURING THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER, LATTIER CONCENTRATED ON PRODUCING WORKS OF ART BY WEAVING STRING AND ROPE ONTO A FRAMEWORK OF IRON, BUT DURING MORE RECENT YEARS HE HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW TECHNIQUE.....SOLDIERING STRIPS OF METAL. HE HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON PRODUCING ART WORKS USING SECTIONS OF BROKEN POTTERY.

LATTIER STUDIED FINE ARTS IN PARIS, AND HIS CURRENT 12-DAY EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL OCTOBER 25.

AMONG THE ITEMS ON SHOW ARE "ORCHIDS", "THE RAM", "THE PANTHER", A NUMBER OF MASKS AND A WOVEN-TYPE SCULPTURE OF TWO CHILDREN.