Biografie von Ousmane SOW (1935-2016)
Personal data
Birth : 1935 - Dakar, Senegal
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Senegal
Address
Dakar, SenegalRepresentatives
Le P’tit Jardin – 10 impasse Chandon – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1966:Sculpture becomes his only profession, he settles down in Dakar, Senegal.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume :
Subject
warhuman being
communities
Works
Little Big Horn | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Sculpture | |
Les Peul | |
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Sculpture | |
Les Zoulou | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Sculpture | |
Nouba couché | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Sculpture | |
Les Masaï | |
Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Sculpture | |
La Danseuse aux Cheveux Courts | |
Date of creation : 1984-1987 Medium : Sculpture | |
Les Nouba | |
Date of creation : 1984-1987 Medium : Sculpture | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Château de Malbrouck – Manderen, France
03/14/2004 – 05/23/2004
2003
Hôtel de Ville – Vichy, France
03/15/2003 – 05/11/2003
2001
Séries africaines
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Arras, France
12/22/2001 – 03/04/2002
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – Ottawa ON, Canada
06/22/2001 – 08/15/2001
Musée Dapper – Paris, France
04/26/2001 – 31/06/2001
Centro Cultural Banco Do Brasil – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
01/22/2001 – 03/30/2001
2000
Rétrospective
Quai Louis XVIII – Bordeaux, France
2000
Abbaye De Daoulas – Daoulas, France
2000
1999
Rétrospective
Place Jean Jaurès – Tours, France
1999
Mémorial de Gorée-Almadies – Dakar, Senegal
1999
Le Rectangle – Centre d’art de la Ville de Lyon – Lyon, France
1999
Rétrospective
Pont des Arts – Paris, France
1999
1996
Pont Neuf – Toulouse, France
1996
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Festivals
1966
Festival des Arts Negres
Dakar, Senegal
1966
Group exhibitions
2003
The American Effects
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
07/03/2003 – 10/12/2003
1995
Dialogues de Paix
Palais des Nations – Office des Nations Unies – Geneva GE, Switzerland
07/03/1995 – 10/26/1995
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
1990
Art Sénégalais Contemporain
Arche de la Défense – Paris, France
1990
1988
Les Portes de l’Afrique
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1988
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
1999
Ousmane Sow, le pont des arts
Publisher: Le P’tit Jardin – 10 impasse Chandon – Paris, France
Photographer: Soulé Béatrice – Paris, France
1999
Films
2000
Ousmane Sow, le soleil en face
Producer: Le P’tit Jardin – 10 impasse Chandon – Paris, France
Director: Soulé Béatrice – Paris, France
2000
Periodicals
2004
MONNIN Françoise – Ousmane Sow
in: Artension n° 16 p. 12
Caluire-et-Cuire, France
03/2004-04/2004
2003
NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – Ousmane Sow
in: Art Actuel n° 28 p. 88
Paris, France
09/2003-10/2003
Video cassette
1996
Ousmane Sow
Producer: MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 19 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France
Director: Soulé Béatrice – Paris, France
1996