Autoportrait. De la série Années 70

by Samuel Fosso

Artist Samuel Fosso (Kamerun, född 1962)

Alternate Title

Självporträtt. Ur serien 70-tal
Self-portrait. From the series 70's

Date1970-1980

MediumGelatinsilverfotografi

DimensionsBildmått: 100 × 100 cm Ram: 103,7 × 103,7 × 4 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 2011

Countries

Cameroon

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:7

Object NumberMOM/2011/10

About the artworkTo save him from starvation and war, Samuel Fosso’s family sent him from Biafra to Bangui in the Central African Republic when he was still a small boy. There he became an assistant to a portrait photographer as a teenager. After a couple of years he opened his own studio. The customers wanted their photographs the next day, so he started taking pictures of himself to use up spare film and to send to his mother. In the early self-portraits we find a teenager exploring himself and his own identity through the lens of the camera. But these pictures evolve, and as an artist Fosso turned to a deeper exploration of people’s roles, gender, ethnicity, authority, celebrity, and wealth.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Verso: Etiketter: Jean Marc Patras och Circad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ladies and Gentlemen! Med kameran som spegel (den 17 februari 2012 - den 22 april 2012) Moderna Museet Malmö Sju rum och en trädgård. Rashid Johnson och Moderna Museets samling (den 28 september 2023 - den 22 september 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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