July 2008"Vous serez beau, chic, délicat et facile à reconnaître" June 2008 Film "African Spirits" by Pascale Obolo, about Samuel Fosso's latest work May 2008 Street & Studio, Samuel Fosso at the Tate Modern March 2008 Book about Fosso published in Germany November 2007 Samuel Fosso at Centre Pompidou Samuel Fosso Monography at Bamako |
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"Vous serez beau, chic, délicat et facile à reconnaître" Samuel Fosso exhibition at the Rencontres d'Arles Invité de Chrisitian Lacroix, Directeur Artistique des 39ème Rencontres d'Arles Photographie, Samuel Fosso expose en avant-première mondiale sa nouvelle série " African Spirits". |
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| JUNE 2008 | |
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Production Executive + Film Production exécutive de la dernière série d’autoportraits de Samuel Fosso, « African Spirits », hommage de l’artiste aux grands esprits des indépendances africaines et des mouvements civiques américains. Production du making-off et du film réalisés par Pascale Obolo. |
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"Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography" at the TATE MODERN New exhibition at the Tate Modern features the works of Samuel Fosso Street & Studio is a magnificent exhibition of international photography. It presents a fascinating history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two key locations in which photographers work. Street & Studio brings out the contrast between the photos taken in the carefully orchestrated studio, and images captured in the changing and uncontrollable street, whilst highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other. Over 350 striking works are gathered in this stylish exhibition, by some of the world’s most famous and important photographers including Francis Alÿs, Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rineke Dijkstra, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Norman Parkinson, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Malick Sidibé, Paul Strand, James Van der Zee, Juergen Teller and Wolfgang Tillmans. Focusing on photos taken in buzzing cities, with their cosmopolitan cast of hipsters, businessmen, beauties and criminals, Street & Studio builds an engrossing urban history of photography, ranging from early black-and-white pictures from the late 1800s, to elegant fashion photography from the mid twentieth century, to cutting-edge portraiture by contemporary artists. (Text by Tate Modern, © 2008 Tate Modern) |
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 Juergen Teller Eva Bodenhoff 20th October 1998 from the series Go See. Courtesy Juergen Teller and Lehmann Maupin Gallery © Juergen Teller  Samuel Fosso, Autoportrait, SM10, 1975. © Samuel Fosso. Courtesy jean marc patrs galerie / Paris top |
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Wilhem Fink Books publishes a book on Samuel Fosso Der Autoporträtistische Pakt, by Ingrid Hölzl Der Autoporträtistische Pakt, a book on Samuel Fosso, is published by German publisher Wilhem Fink. |
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| NOVEMBER 2007 | |
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Samuel Fosso at Centre Pompidou: November 2007 Fosso next to one of his pieces, at the Museum. |
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Samuel Fosso Monography at the Nouvelles Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie 24 November - 23 December 2007 The Nouvelles Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie de Bamako is co-produced by the Maison Africaine de la Photographie. Maison Africaine de la Photographie |
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| SEPTEMBER 2007 | |
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Fosso Fashion Portfolio, Now Available at 5 September to 26 October 2007 With the series Fosso Fashion, edited in limited-edition portfolios, Samuel Fosso revives his relationship with black and white, combining the codes of Western-style fashion photography with the standards of an Africa Photo Studio. Helmut Lang, Versus, Jean Paul Gauthier, Patrick Cox, Dries Van Noten, Rykiel Homme, Paul Smith, Etro and D&G all do Bangui. The works will be on view from Wednesday to Saturday, from 15h to 18h30. Or by appointment jean marc patras / galerie |
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Seydou Keïta, Malik Sidibé and Daniel Lainé 5 to 26 September 2007 C INTERNATIONAL PHOTO MAGAZINE published by Ivory Press will celebrate the launch of its fifth issue with an exhibition of photographs and video in collaboration with The Venice Biennale, which will be on view from September 5 – 26, 2007 at Phillips de Pury & Company’s Chelsea galleries The exhibition will be composed of a selection of works that have been published in issues 1-5 of C Photo Magazine, including the commissioned works of C Action along with original pieces that have featured in the Collectors section from both private and public collections. Participating Artists: Aniu / Ávila, Jaime / Burtynsky, Edward / Chun, Kyungwoo / Costa, Giacomo / Eno, Brian / Fullerton-Batton, Julia / Girbés, Antonio / González, Dionisio / Gursky, Andreas / Halso, Ilkka / Hicks, Petrina / Hongbin, Sun / Hoopen, Pieter Ten / Jordan, Chris / Kanemura, Osamu / Keïta, Seydou / Klett, Mark / Koo, Bohnchang / Kooi, Ellen / Lachapelle, David / Lainé, Daniel / Liqing, Xiang / López, Marcos / Madoz, Chema / Maisel, David / Minkkinen, Arno Rafael / Mitra, Koushik / Morell, Abelardo / Morimura,Yasumasa / Mosse, Richard / Muybridge, Eadweard / Neves, Eustaquio / Nguyen, Loan / Olaf, Erwin / Ortiz, Aitor / Parke, Trent / ParkeHarrison, Robert&Shana / Perione, Julia / Petersen, Anders / Qingsong, Wang / Res&Constanza Piaggio / Rios, Miguel Angel / RongRong&inri / Sidibé, Malik / Skoglund, Sandy / Subotzky, Mikhael / Tabrizian, Mitra / Yee, I Lann The works will be on view from 10 am – 5 pm from September 7 – 26, 2007 at: Phillips de Pury & Company |
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| JUNE 2007 | ||
Samuel Fosso participates in Samuel Fosso is participating in the group show “Role Exchange”,
currently happening at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. The show includes
the works of Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Mathew
Barney, Sophie Calle, Samuel Fosso, Robert Gober, Anthony Goicolea, Douglas Gordon,
Fergus Greer / Leigh Bowery, Johan Grimonprez, Lyle Ashton Harris, Lynn
Hershman Leeson, Michel Journiac, Nikki Lee, Kalup Linzy, Urs Lüthi,
Robert Mapplethorpe, Duane Michals, Yasumasa Morimura, Roberst Morris,
Adrian Piper, Cindy Sherman, Yinka Shonibare, Gavin Turk, Andy Wharhol
and Gillian Wearing.
Role Exchange |
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Fosso at Africa Remix 10 February – 17 April 2005 Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent is the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe. Featuring 75 artists, the show includes painting, sculpture, installation, photography, film, design and video, mostly created within the last five years. Artists from 23 countries across the continent, from Algeria to Zimbabwe, are represented, as well as African artists now living in Europe and North America. Among hundreds of works the exhibition includes a spectacular ‘cloth
of gold’ by El Anatsui; a series of photographs by Samuel Fosso
representing himself in various guises, such as The Chief who Sold Africa
to the Colonialists; new work by leading South African photographer David
Goldblatt; a ‘queue’ of life-sized characters by Dilomprizulike, ‘the
junk man of Africa’; dream-like collages by Kenyan artist Wangechi
Mutu; a Victorian parlour covered in African prints by Yinka Shonibare;
a haunting tableau, African Adventure, by South African artist Jane Alexander.
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Seydou Keïta at the MOCA Cleveland January 26 - May 13 From 1948 to 1962, in a studio near the bustling marketplace of Bamako, Seydou Keïta (1923-2001) created stunning black-and-white portraits of Malian citizens that pioneered new styles of cultural representation in West Africa. Keïta’s signature style integrated modern props, patterned backdrops, and varied poses to signify the cosmopolitanism of his clients. His photographs deftly captured the spirit of his times, juxtaposing concurrent notions of tradition and novelty, convention and innovation. This exhibition features a selection of 17 of Keïta’s masterful works.
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Art Orienté Objet Thursday, May 3 2007, 18h30 Dans le cadre du Mai du Livre d’Art, et à l’invitation de Paris Musées, le jeudi 3 mai 2007, de 18 h 30 à 20 h 00, Art Orienté objet et les éditions CQFD présentent le livre « Leo et Bos », récit d’une rencontre, dans un pays sortant de trente ans de guerre civile, entre le duo français Art Orienté objet et l’Angolais António Ole. Discussion avec les artistes sur le thème « Art et anthropologie », présentation de photos et d’une vidéo d’Art Orienté objet, réalisés en Angola en 2006. |
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Aboudramane at the 2nd International Biennale Aboudramane is participating at the 2nd International Biennal of Contemporary Art of Seville, which will be held from 26 October 2006 to 8 January 2007, at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo and Reales Atarazanes. |
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Le marché de l’art africain contemporain, Jean-Marc Patras L'Afrique, socle de la modernité culturelle La Galerie jean marc patras montra dès 1989 des artistes fraîchement émoulu des Magiciens de la Terre (Chéri Samba, Moké, Bodys Kingelez, Kossi) côtoyés dans le chaudron matriciel d'Actuel et auprès de Jean-François Bizot. Les années 90 annonçaient les mutations, globalisation du marché de l'art et mondialisation des propositions artistiques qui ne permettaient plus d'envisager seulement la galerie comme seul modèle actif et de s'y cantonner exclusivement. Artistes en représentation exclusive Revenir aux fondamentaux: le management exclusif d’artistes et leur développement. Voie déjà empruntée par la création en 1983 des Frères Ripoulin, cousins Européens des graffiteurs New Yorkais regroupés autour de Tony Shafrazzi et qui, 25 ans plus tard, ont légué un Pierre Huyghe et un Claude Closky. La représentation exclusive des photographes Seydou Keita & Samuel Fosso en tant qu’agent et primary gallery en partenariat avec des New Yorkais (Sean Kelly) permirent ainsi d'asseoir leur développement et de soutenir les combats qui les tendent. Une reconnaissance institutionnelle En 2005 s'ouvre l'exposition Africa Remix au Centre Pompidou, initiée par Simon Njami et qui institutionnalise un travail collectif de 20 ans dont le but fondamental fut de contextualiser une création perçue par beaucoup à travers le prisme exotisant et néo-colonialiste (et vice et versa). La métaphore de l’Afrique, continent à la dérive, est maintenant substituée à celle de tous les continents dérivant vers l’Afrique. 9 juin 2005, Première vacation parisienne d'art contemporain non-occidental Sous le marteau de Maîtres Calmels et Cohen à Drouot Montaigne, la collection personnelle augmentée de jean marc patras à offert aux collectionneur des oeuvres emblématiques de la création contemporaine africaine portant sur les fonds baptismaux un marché en reconnaissance et lui conférant des prix désormais incontestés sur des noms tels que Chéri Samba et Samuel Fosso notamment. L'art africain contemporain dans le monde Le 15 mars prochain s'ouvre l'exposition du photographe Rotimi Fani Kayodé représenté par d'Autograph ABP (Londres), première d'une programmation. |
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Samuel Fosso at the MAC Sydney 25 May - 8 August 2005 This major exhibition examines how contemporary artists have dealt with the theme of self representation. It considers ideas about construction, interpretation, artifice and role-play through the lens of selected international and Australian artists from the 1970s to the present, alongside significant contextual imagery from the early part of the 20th century. The exhibition includes ‘auto portraits’ in which elements of narrative and biography figure strongly, as well as portraits which use props, clues or symbols to suggest a sense of self, real or false. Masks, costume and prosthetic devices are used to construct individual identity for the viewer, and through these works the idea of the ‘self’ is actively questioned. Other works incorporate the body - the shadow, doubling, and absence rather than presence, suggesting the mutability of the self and its representation in art. Combining critical enquiry with irony, pathos and a sense of play, this exhibition presents a selection of the many approaches that artists have taken towards self representation in recent years. Also included are Cindy Sherman’s (USA) earliest studio photographs alongside landmark experimental works in photography, film and video by Ana Mendieta (Cuba), Bas Jan Ader (The Netherlands) and Francesca Woodman (USA), as well as the provocative Surrealist imagery of Claude Cahun (France) from the 1920s-30s. Also featured are Samuel Fosso (Cameroon), Ronnie van Hout (NZ), Martin Kippenberger (Germany), Tracey Rose (South Africa), and Tim Noble & Sue Webster (UK). This exhibition complements the Art Gallery of NSW / National Portrait Gallery, London historical survey of self-portraiture through painting. It represents an exciting opportunity for Australian viewers to see historical and contemporary perspectives on self representation in art, across media. It is accompanied by a substantial MCA catalogue publication and public programs. |
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Centre Pompidou presents: “Africa REMIX: 25 May - 8 August 2005 Pour la première fois en France, le Centre Pompidou présente une exposition majeure sur l'art contemporain du continent africain. Africa Remix réunit plus de 200 oeuvres de 83 artistes vivant en Afrique ou installés en Europe et aux Etats-Unis. Etendue sur 2200 m2, cette manifestation rend compte des multiples aspects de la création contemporaine africaine, tant dans le domaine des arts visuels, que du design, de la mode et de la littérature. En complément de l’exposition Africa Remix, le Centre propose un programme de cinéma « Fictions d’Afrique », présenté du 25 mai au 27 juin et un colloque en co-production avec le musée du Quai Branly, qui aura lieu les mercredi 15 et jeudi 16 juin 2005. Cet événement multiple répond à la vocation internationale du Centre Pompidou et s’inscrit dans la lignée des expositions pionnières qui, comme «Les Magiciens de la Terre » en 1989, inventent une nouvelle vision de la scène artistique internationale |
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BBC Four Documentaries presents: Tuesday 2 August 2005 Samuel Fosso is one of Africa's most eminent photographers. His photographs are shown all over Europe and America, from the Guggenheim in New York to galleries in Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam. His art is self-portraiture - appearing as a Martial - Arts Maestro, an African chief and a Japanese Marine. BBC Four travels to Fosso's photography studio in Bangui, Central African Republic, to meet the man behind and in front of the camera. |
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Sale of JMP Collection at Camels Cohen Tout ce qui, depuis 35 ans, m’a captivé et passionné dans le domaine de la création, et pour lequel j’ai eu la chance de pouvoir m’investir, est passé, au fil du temps, de la confidentialité du cénacle militant à la reconnaissance culturelle par le grand public. Des groupes de rock de mes 17 ans, passant des caves enfumées aux scènes géantes, et à qui j’ai pu apporter ma contribution, puis l’engouement pour la musique d’Afrique, soutenu par Jean François Bizot et son journal Actuel, et qui devint la world music, en passant enfin par le choc de l’exposition Magiciens de la Terre à Pompidou jusqu’à Africa Remix aujourd’hui, au même endroit, après Düsseldorf, Londres et avant Tokyo, j’ai vu mes rêves devenir réalités. Mon parcours, certes solitaire et singulier,m’a donné l’occasion, depuis 1989, de participer - avec d’autres - au développement d’ un art contemporain non-occidental et plus particulièrement africain qui se dévoile dans cette vente avec des oeuvres majeures par leur histoire et leur facture, d’un art qui prend sa place sur le devant de la scène internationale. Tout cela est dans l’histoire maintenant. Je vais continuer de travailler dans ce sens. Je suis heureux que cette séquence de l’histoire de l’art qui se fait captive maintenant le grand public. Je suis heureux aussi de marquer cet événement par cette belle vente, elle aussi, publique. Jean-Marc Patras. Collection Jean Marc Patras et à divers June 9 2005 |
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Platform Art at the Gloucester Road Underground Station: Samuel Fosso's: “Autoportraits” 14 February 2004 - 6 June 2005 Platform for Art is delighted to present three works by the Central African artist Samuel Fosso. This project is a collaboration with London's Hayward Gallery to coincide with its exhibition Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent. This is the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe and a major highlight of the London-wide celebration of contemporary African creativity, Africa 2005.Samuel Fosso is one of the most renowned of Africa's artists working with photography. In his work he explores a variety of persona and poses, striving to extend his identity by adopting the guise of a number of fictitious roles that are often marked with satire and pathos. Fosso's work has been shown in major international venues such as the Photographers' Gallery in London and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Born in Cameroon in 1962, he lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic. |
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