Seydou Keita
- Exhibition, Paris
- Wed 28 Sep → Sun 27 Nov 1994
Location
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
On the occasion of the Month of Photography, the Fondation Cartier presented presents the first personal exhibition of Seydou Keita’s work, including 40 previously unseen photographs made during the 1950s and 1960s and forming part of the Jean Pigozzi collection.
Seydou Keita opened his studio in the early 1940s in Bamako. Keita’s ‘customers’ pose at will, alone or in groups, in couples, in family groups, full length or torso, sometimes with an object that symoblises their craft (pen and inkwell, sewing machine) or that simply belongs to them (radio, bike, moped).
A perfect mastery of light and composition and a sharp eye for staging make these portraits into exemplary artistic works. Keita’s work constitutes an irreplaceable and authentic memory of Malian society via an inventory of costumes, jewellery, poses, attitudes and expressions.
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