Alexis Peskine's work explores the complexities of African heritage identity, in a field where spirituality, historical memory and collective consciousness intersect. Known for his iconic large-scale portraits of people of African descent, created using nails hammered with extreme precision into wood stained with coffee, leaves, flowers or mud, the artist has developed a unique technique that he has sustained and evolved over time.
In OURO VERDE, he explores the field of healing through ancestral traditions (notably the Candomblé of his maternal family) by incorporating Swiss indigenous earth and plants with therapeutic properties to stain the works, thus highlighting unexpected similarities between traditional African and European healing practices.