WHITE CUBE
In perpetual movement, the Uhoda Collection is revealed, piece by piece, through a display window on the Rue St. Paul, in the heart of Liège.
© JL DERU
From 17 August until 30 September 2026
Senyi Awa Camara (SN, 1945 - 2026)
Maternité (Motherhood), 2017
Terracotta
Totemic figures.
Born in Casamance around 1945, Seyni Awa Camara learned the art of pottery from her mother before developing, by herself, a completely personal sculptural universe. She moulds terracotta to give life to human and animal figures—often mysterious, powerful, even totemic. Gaining international recognition in 1989 with the Magiciens de la Terre art exhibition, she has become a major figure in contemporary African art.
Motherhood is at the heart of her oeuvre. Her sculptures of women carrying children echo a personal history marked by painful experiences relating to motherhood and the loss of children.
In Maternité (2017), a woman is carrying her child against her. A monumental and protective figure, where the earth becomes a vessel for memory, transmission and the bond between generations.
Seyni Awa Camara passed on during the night of 24 to 25 January 2026, at the age of 81. Her work, profoundly rooted in the soil of Casamance, continues to challenge and engage us.
While we are presenting Maternité by Seyni Awa Camara in our White Cube, the Collection Uhoda is also preparing to loan eight other pieces from its collection to Africa Legacy, a major exhibition dedicated to African art. The artists being loaned by the Collection Uhoda include Kendell Geers, Omar Victor Diop, Samuel Fosso, Lindani Nyandeni and Derrick O. Boateng, as well as Emmanuel Taku. Discover Africa Legacy at the Espace Vanderborght in Brussels, from 4 September to 1 November 2026.