In that sense, the committed paintings of Néstor Favre-Mossier, based on his experiences in an area affected by the disease serve as another tool for raising awareness and are a valuable contribution through the unprecedented junction of Art and Science. His work brings us closer to the resulting illness and suffering; it sensitizes us, expresses something true and recreates the intimate self through specific gestures representing an emotion of what has been experienced, inviting us to think about what is yet to be done.
Dr. Pere Perez Simarro.
In charge of the Trypanosomiasis Control and Surveillance Programme.
World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. José Ramón Franco Mingell.
Trypanosomiasis Control and Surveillance Programme.
World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Of the book "The Tsé-Tsé fly. Néstor Favre-Mossier-Paintings". Ville de Buenos Aires. Argentina. November 2014.
"...In 2013, Favre-Mossier challenged himself again when faced with a terrible disease: Human African Trypanosomiasis, a.k.a sleeping sickness or "Tsé-Tsé" named after the fly transmitting the disease. He travelled to Bodo, Republic of Chad, wich is about 600 kilometers away from the capital city, called N' Ndjamena, near the border with the Central Africa Republic. He lived there with the natural families of the region, he took down notes, and recorded life experiences, and he became fully socially acquainted with the situation. This plastic art trial experience was worth the support and spreading of the World Health Organization and of the National Program to Fight Against Human African Trypanosomiasis. The works have been shown at several countries, obtaining remarkable levels of audience and press promotion".
Jorge M. Taverna Irigoyen.
Art Historian and Critic. He presided over Argentina's National Fine Arts Academy.
Excerpt from the article published in "La Gaceta de Tucumán" newspaper.Tucumán, Argentina. March 29, 2015.
