MALICK SIDIBÉ – THE EYE OF MODERN MALI
2017-01-02The 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
