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Malick Sidibe
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A person has three sides: their face, their back, their profile. To snap a person's profile is interesting. To see someone from behind, especially my sisters or my mother, is more interesting. When you see a woman wearing a skirt from behind, it's a temptation. People have had car accidents that way. There was a beautiful woman walking in front of my studio and on the tarmac a man was coming on a Vespa. He saw the woman, forgot the road. A van was parked in front of my neighbor's house: he crashed into the van!" At the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, African contemporary art was shown for the first time in history. That year, its highest distinction, the Golden Lion, was awarded to Mali photographer Malick Sidibe, whose ebullient, deeply human, black-and-white work is presented here--on beautiful spot-varnished paper with special small, uncoated inserts sewn in.
This publication features the work of renowned photographer Malick Sidibé, who captured a pivotal era of cultural transition in West Africa. Edited by André Magnin, the book includes texts and interviews that provide historical context to Sidibé's evocative black-and-white imagery. The collection documents the vibrant nightlife, traditional customs, and evolving social dynamics of Mali during the mid-20th century. It serves as both a visual memoir and a significant ethnographic record of African youth culture and artistic expression.
Bibliographic Details
| Author | Malick Sidibe |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Scalo Publishers |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Year | 1998 |
| Edition | First edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 3931141934 |
| Collation | 182 pp. |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | 29x24 |
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