‘Kibri a culturu’ or ‘preserve the culture’. This theme is the soul of the work of the Surinamese artist Marcel Pinas. The cultural heritage of the Surinamese maroon community of the N’dyuka, also known as the Aucaners is Marcel Pinas’ source of inspiration as well as his motive.
‘My art is about experiences from the past ; it deals with the destruction of the N’dyuka culture in Surinam; in my work I express that situation, paying attention to the protection of cultures in general. I focus on the N’dyuka because I am a descendant of the N’dyuka of Surinam.
