Ousmane Sow
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Prince Claus Award, 2008 | |
| Elected | member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, 2013[1] |
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Ousmane Sow (10 October 1935 – 1 December 2016) was a Senegalese sculptor of larger-than-life statues of people and groups of people.
Life
Sow was born in
physiotherapy. He later went back to France and practised there, but returned to Senegal in 1978.[3][4]
He died in Dakar on 1 December 2016 at the age of 81.[4][5]
Work
Sow was inspired by photographs by
Reception
Sow had many international exhibitions, including at
In the 2008
Prince Claus Awards, on the theme of Culture and the human body, he was one of the eleven laureates.[7]
On 11 April 2012 Sow was elected a Membre Associé Etranger ("foreign associate member") of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France, replacing Andrew Wyeth.[8] He was the first black person to have been elected to membership.[1]
References
- ^ a b Valérie Sasportas (19 November 2014). 528.695 euros: Ousmane Sow pulvérise son record mondial (in French). Le Figaro. Accessed October 2015.
- ^ doi:10.2307/3337667(subscription required)
- ^ Autobiography
- ^ a b c d [s.n.] (1 December 2016). Le sculpteur sénégalais Ousmane Sow est mort (in French). Le Monde.
- ^ William Grimes (1 December 2016). Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81. The New York Times.
- ^ a b [Prince Claus Awards Jury] (2008). "Ousmane Sow" In: 2008 Prince Claus Awards. Amsterdam: Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. Archived 4 May 2012. p. 86–87.
- ^ Jan Hoet (2008). "Exposing the Limitations of Categories". In: 2008 Prince Claus Awards. Amsterdam: Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. Archived 4 May 2012. p. 88.
- ^ Ousmane Sow: associé etranger (in French). Académie des Beaux-Arts. Accessed October 2015.
Further reading and viewing
- Yolande Josèphe (1993) Ousmane Sow: Sculpteur d'Afriques (film, 24'). Paris: Sésame productions; Ateliers de diffusion audiovisuelle. (VHS video)
- Jean Loup Pivin, Pascal Martin Saint Léon, Jean-Marc Tingaud (1995). Ousmane Sow: Sculptures. Paris: Editions Revue Noire. ISBN 9782909571140.
- Alain Mabanckou (1999). Ousmane Sow: La sculpture du spectacle. Présence Africaine (159): 211–214.
- [Ousmane Sow] (1999). Ousmane Sow: Pont des Arts, Paris, 20 mars – 20 mai 1999 (special number of Beaux Arts magazine). Paris: Beaux Arts SA. ISBN 2842783093.
- Jacques A. Bertrand, Béatrice Soulé ([2006]). Ousmane Sow. Arles : Actes Sud. ISBN 9782742762118
- Béatrice Soulé (2006). Ousmane Sow (film, 26'); Ousmane Sow, le soleil en face (film, 55'). Neuilly-sur-Seine: Le P'tit jardin; Paris: Actes Sud. (DVD video)
- Fabrice Hervieu-Wane (2008). Ousmane Sow: Sculpteur d'histoires. In: Fabrice Hervieu-Wane, Éric Maulavé (2008). Dakar l'insoumise. Paris: Éditions Autrement. ISBN 9782746711235. p. 24–29.
- Nicolas Michel (2009). Ousmane Sow, l'anartiste. Jeune Afrique (2525): 86–87.
- Béatrice Soulé, Christophe Humbert (2009). Même Ousmane Sow a été petit. Paris: Le P'tit Jardin. ISBN 9782951376830.
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