His paintings are a form of pictorial sociology of the SAPE (Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People) culture centred in the two Congos and which is reminiscent of Dandy and Rudeboy cultures found elsewhere. Sapology is a state of mind and a set of behaviours and attitudes rooted in urbanity and embodied in the “Kitendi Religion” –described as a religion of fabrics and fashions.
In his creative process, Bakambana borrows from various sources that allow him to venture in a chromatic universe, at once philosophical and historical, intertwining pictorial finds from ancient Egypt to Jazz, and parsing them through the expressionist world view of the Sapologues.
Recent exhibitions include: Untitled:Ngimbi Bakambana Luve, Moussa Traore, Ousmane Niang, Galerie Atiss Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (2020); Eyes East Bound, 13th Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt (2019) ; Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Atiss Booth, Paris, France (2019); AKAA, Galerie Atiss Booth, Paris, France (2019) ; Partcours 8, Galerie Atiss Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (2019); Partcours 7, Galerie Atiss Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (2018)