Malick Sidibé
- Exhibition, Paris
- Sun 30 Apr → Sun 11 Jun 1995
Location
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
Malick Sidibé is both witness and protagonist in changing African youth, torn between tradition and the emergence of fashion, music, and lifestyles inspired by the modern western world.
While making studio photographs, Malick Sidibé does many reportage pieces on young people’s leisure pursuits in the new state of Mali: parties, weddings, evenings where people dance and show off their clothes, bars, clubs where young people go to listen to pop music, rock’n’roll and soul, outings on the banks of the River Niger, and so on.
"The most authentic thing is the face. So for me photography is the art that can best perpetuate its image. Man tried to imitate God through drawing, then photography came along and I think we’ve never invented anything better for perpetuating images. I believe in the power of the image".
Malick Sidibé, 1995.
Events
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- Paris
La visite insolite
"Brésil pluriel" thematic
- Tue 27 Jan 2026, 19:00
- Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
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- Paris
The Collection in the metro
The RATP invites the Fondation Cartier
- Mon 12 Jan → Tue 31 Mar 2026
- Gare Montparnasse
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