Le Chef (qui a vendu l'Afrique aux colons)
1997
Le Chef (qui a vendu l'Afrique aux colons)
1997
After a childhood marked by war, Samuel Fosso opened a photo studio in Bangui, in the Central African Republic, shooting self-portraits on film left over from commissions. Le Chef is one of a series made for the Tati clothes shops in Paris, in which the artist adopts different identities. The excess of the image is not a matter of narcissism but of collective critical self-reflection. Fosso here plays on clichéd Western representations of African potentates while evoking too the latter’s role in the slave trade. Wearing the royal headdress affected by Congolese dictator Mobutu, Fosso radically transforms the function of the self-portrait.
| Domain | Photo |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Epreuve à destruction de colorants, type Cibachrome |
| Dimensions | 101 x 101 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de l'artiste et de JM Patras (T&S Ltd) |
| Inventory no. | AM 2004-110 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Samuel Fosso
(1962, Cameroun) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Le Chef (qui a vendu l'Afrique aux colons) |
| Series title | Tati |
| Creation date | 1997 |
| Domain | Photo |
| Techniques | Epreuve à destruction de colorants, type Cibachrome |
| Dimensions | 101 x 101 cm |
| Printing | Tirage 3/8 |
| Inscriptions | S. sur étiquette |
| Acquisition | Don de l'artiste et de JM Patras (T&S Ltd) |
| Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie |
| Inventory no. | AM 2004-110 |
Events
Bibliography
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Collection Photographies : Une histoire de la photographie à travers les collections du Centre Pompidou, Musée national d''art moderne, 2007 (Reprod. en coul. n° 262 p. 336, cat. p. 456) . N° isbn 978-2-844 26-348-3
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Njami (Simon). - Samuel Fosso : Dorian Gray à Bangui. - Supplément de la Revue noire, novembre 2010. - Paris : Ed. Revue noire, 2010 (Reprod. en coul. non pag.) . N° isbn 9782909571669
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