Ousmane Sow was born in Dakar in 1935. By 1957, as the end of the Colonial Period approached, his dream was to be part of the intellectual, artistic and economic freedom in Paris. Economics were not easy, and he had to abandon his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and obtained a diploma in physiotherapy.

For 20 years in Paris, he sculpted puppets and an alien world of his imagination, in fragile media that have since disintegrated. Not until he was 54, did he make sculpture his full-time profession. He returned to Senegal. His first, the "Nuba Series" (1984) of 12 larger-than-life figures, catapulted him to artistic fame in France.

It has been said that be begins his work with the framework of Giacometti and finishes like Rodin. On the rebar skeleton, his scuptures are solid, currently on a base of plastic and jute, and the musculature is laid on gradually with a mixture of jute and clay. The surface texture is by design, to catch the light, and to keep viewers from identifying themselves with the sulptures.

He places his giant figures in tableaux, to make a statement about indigenous peoples around the world.

Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company. They were founded in 1979 by Jean Luc Courcoult. The company has performed in France, Belgium, England and Chile.
The Sultan's Elephant is the fifth in a series using giant puppets. The others are: the giant falls from the sky, the giant falls from the sky, last voyage, return to Africa , the giraffe hunters.

Kveta Pacovska is born in Prague. in the 60's, she illustrates children's book, inviting the lector in her colored world. Today, she is 75 years, she works for children for 30 years, and has realized 40 published books. Contemporain artist, Kveta Pacovska belongs to Bauhaus movement, inspired in Klee, Kandinsky and Sonia Delaunay.
she is called "the magician", because her many colors.
« red Pacovska »,is very famous in Europa. She uses collages, cutting, mirrors… And her books becomes like an object. When she realized "Alphabet" a work multimédia, she is arrived perfectly to combine, mix together the colors, the space and the figure.

Paul COX is born in 1959 in Paris, where he is currently living. After studying art history and English, which he taught for a while, he turned to painting and children's books. "Les aventures d'Archibald Le Koala"(4 volumes) is adapted for cartoons on television and broadcast in Europe and Japan.
To add to his talent as an illustrator and author, he is also an excellent graphic artist. He has designed several billboards, for example for Nancy City's Opera (since 1996) and logos such as Seuil Jeunesse (the French publisher).