MALICK SIDIBÉ – THE EYE OF MODERN MALI

Posted on 2017-01-02

The first solo exhibition in the UK of the late Malian photographer.

“No African artist has done more to enhance photography’s stature in the region, contribute to its history, enrich its image archive or increase our awareness of the textures and transformations of African culture in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st than Malick Sidibé.”
Robert Storr, art critic & former MoMa curator

Sidibé is celebrated for his black-and-white images chronicling the lives and culture of the Malian capital, Bamako, in the wake of the country’s independence in 1960.

The exhibition presents 45 original prints from the 1960s and 1970s based around the themes of: Tiep à Bamako / Nightlife in Bamako, Au Fleuve Niger / Beside the Niger River, Le Studio / The Studio.

Opposite – Nuit de Noël (Happy Club), 1963

Exhibition runs through to February 26th, 2017

Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA

www.somersethouse.org.uk

  

TERRAINS OF THE BODY

Posted on 2017-01-02

Drawn from the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, U.S.), this collection display showcases photography and video work by seventeen contemporary artists from around the world.

By turning their camera to women, including themselves, these artists embrace the female body as a vital medium for storytelling, expressing identity and reflecting individual and collective experience.

Featuring work by: Marina Abramović, Rineke Dijkstra, Anna Gaskell, Nan Goldin, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Candida Höfer, Icelandic Love Corporation, Mwangi Hutter, Kirsten Justesen, Justine Kurland, Nikki S. Lee, Hellen van Meene, Shirin Neshat, Daniela Rossell, Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, Janaina Tschäpe and Adriana Varejão.

Opposite – Hellen van Meene, Untitled (79), 2000

Exhibition runs through to April 16th, 2017

Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
London
E1 7QX

www.whitechapelgallery.org

  

DAVID BURDENY – SALT AND VELD

Posted on 2017-01-02

David Burdeny is a photographer from Canada who travels the world capturing beautiful color photographs ranging from intricate interiors to serene, minimalist water locations. Burdeny’s current series, abstract aerial color photographs of the tulip fields of The Netherlands and salt flats from around the world, are sublime observations of his appreciation for structural detail and the metaphorical value of space. In these series, Burdeny’s images suggest the painterly expressiveness of Rothko, Newman, Diebenkorn and Willem de Kooning.

In the tradition of minimalist photographers Michael Kenna, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Grant Hamilton and others, David’s images explore both opulent and austere interior scenes that use the sensuality of color and texture to full effect. While his black and white images render space in stark, elemental terms. His own vision represented by his personal experience of these enigmatic and luminous locations.

Opposite – Tulips and Turbines 1, The Netherlands

Exhibition runs through to January 20th, 2017

Gilman Contemporary
661 Sun Valley Road
Ketchum
Idaho
ID 83340

www.gilmancontemporary.com