PIERRE GUILLAUME PARIS - Noir Okoumé 50mlHeart of Wood " I've always been fascinated by the futuristic beauty and plastic genius of some of the works of African statuary. Mysterious and hypnotic they seem to have been shaped by extra terrestrial hands. The meeting with a reliquary guardian figurine Fang (Gabon) made me want to explore the African theme again, ten years after Aomassa" Black Okoum tells us about the Wood King of the Equatorial Forests and Kanda Resin of Gabon, evoked through a