{"id":286881,"date":"2025-11-12T07:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/286881\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:25:11","slug":"in-of-colour-vibrant-portraits-by-yannis-davy-guibinga-illuminate-figures-with-saturated-hues-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/286881\/","title":{"rendered":"In &#8216;Of Colour,&#8217; Vibrant Portraits by Yannis Davy Guibinga Illuminate Figures with Saturated Hues \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known for his vivid portrait photography, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yannisdavy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Yannis Davy Guibinga<\/a> is interested in the intersection of art and public spaces. This is especially apropos when it comes to celebrating culture, heritage, and a sense of belonging for \u201ca new generation of Africans who embrace the multiplicity of their heritage in a globalized world,\u201d says a statement for his new project, Of Colour.<\/p>\n<p>Guibinga taps into color as a means of communication\u2014a language that can be used for storytelling, conveying emotions, and embodying symbols of identity. Saturated hues and the interplay of light and shadow reflect \u201cjoy, pride, and the complexity of Black experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-2.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a Black man wearing a white sleeveless shirt, standing in front of a bright yellow wall\" class=\"wp-image-465195\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Through bold, large-scale portraits, Guibinga says that he aims \u201cto explore how colour carries emotion and identity, expanding my ongoing work on contemporary African representation.\u201d Presented in collaboration with Los Angeles-based media company StandardVision, Of Colour comprises several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/yannis-davy-guibinga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vibrant compositions<\/a> by the Montr\u00e9al-based artist that alternate across eight billboards throughout November.<\/p>\n<p>See more on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yannisdavy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yannisdavy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-3.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a figure lounging in front of a colorful mural, next to a red-and-white striped umbrella\" class=\"wp-image-465196\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-5.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, standing in the water against a bright blue sky\" class=\"wp-image-465198\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-6.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a silhouetted figure holding their hand out to appear to hold the moon\" class=\"wp-image-465199\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-8.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a Black man wearing a light blue shirt, standing in front of a bright red wall\" class=\"wp-image-465201\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465197\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/guibinga-7.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph by Yannis Guibinga of a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, standing on a rock in front of a bright blue sky\" class=\"wp-image-465200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Known for his vivid portrait photography, Yannis Davy Guibinga is interested in the intersection of art and public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,12177,1135,13937,151052],"class_list":{"0":"post-286881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-identity","14":"tag-portraits","15":"tag-public-art","16":"tag-yannis-davy-guibinga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}