Lien Commun 1 and 2: Ibou Diagne's Paintings From the IFAN Show

"Lien commun 1" and "Lien commun 2" are two oil paintings on canvas by Ibou Diagne, 100 x 120 cm, made in 2025 and available at Ge'eza's gallery in Point E. Both titles echo "Lien commun," the group show Ge'eza presented at the IFAN Musée Théodore Monod from 16 to 31 October 2025, which brought together Ibou Diagne, Saadio and Tampidaro. Each painting has its own page online, with the price given on request.

When an exhibition's title becomes a painting's title

It happens that an artist borrows, for one specific canvas, the very name of the show that brought it into being or first presented it. That is the case here: Ibou Diagne named two of his oil paintings "Lien commun 1" and "Lien commun 2," in direct echo of the collective title of the IFAN exhibition. The phrase "lien commun," taken literally, means a common thread, something that links several elements together. Naming a painting this way places a single work inside a larger story, the shared moment when three artists were shown together.

For readers who want the fuller story of that show, our article on the Lien commun exhibition at IFAN covers the venue, the dates and the opening on 16 October 2025. The two paintings here do not need that background to be looked at, though: like any painting, they stand on their own in front of the eye that stops for them.

The pages for "Lien commun 1" and "Lien commun 2"

Both paintings are oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, made in 2025, and both are available. Their pages can be found here: Lien commun 1 and Lien commun 2. Each page states the technique, the size and the status of the work, and shows a photograph of the canvas, which is the first thing worth opening before planning a visit.

A 100 x 120 cm format is neither small nor monumental, and it suits many walls: a mid-sized living room, a wide hallway, a director's office. It asks for two to three metres of distance to be read as a whole, and it still travels reasonably well by car or as checked luggage with the right packing.

Oil on canvas, a choice of material

Ibou Diagne works in both oil and acrylic depending on the painting. For "Lien commun 1" and "Lien commun 2," he chose oil. This older technique dries slowly, which leaves time to rework a surface, blend a transition, or return to a passage before the paint sets too fast. The trade-off is that a recent oil painting keeps drying at depth for months after it is finished, worth knowing if you are thinking of having a canvas framed or varnished soon after buying it: it is best to check with the gallery before any such step.

As for care, an oil painting on canvas mostly dislikes direct sunlight, which dulls colour over time, and sharp swings in humidity, which strain a canvas stretched on its frame. Hanging it away from direct light, in a room with a stable temperature, is usually enough to keep it in good condition for years.

Ibou Diagne at the gallery

Ibou Diagne is a painter shown at Ge'eza's gallery since the "Lien commun" exhibition in October 2025. His work, visible today in several dozen paintings online, moves between oil and acrylic, large and small formats. "Lien commun 1" and "Lien commun 2" sit within that body of work, alongside other titles found on his artist page.

Asking for the price of either painting

As with any work at the gallery, the price of "Lien commun 1" or "Lien commun 2" is not listed online: it is given on request from the painting's page. The process is simple. Open the page for the canvas you are interested in, let the team know, and Ge'eza will reply by WhatsApp or phone at +221 78 660 07 07 with the price, the useful details and the certificate of authenticity that will travel with the work if you buy it. You can also write to geezacultures@gmail.com, naming the exact title of the painting.

Coming to see both paintings

Nothing replaces an in-person look at an oil painting: the texture, the ridges of paint, the way light in the gallery lounge moves across the surface, all of which read differently from a photograph. The gallery can be visited without an appointment, during the same hours as the restaurant, Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 10pm, closed on Mondays, at 656 avenue Birago Diop, Point E. A lunch or dinner there can easily stretch into a walk past the paintings in the gallery lounge.