Ousmane Sow

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Ousmane Sow (born October 10, 1935 in Dakar ; † December 1, 2016 there ) was a Senegalese sculptor .

life and work

Ousmane Sow left 1957-1965 his hometown Dakar to study in France, and received diplomas as a nurse and physiotherapist . From 1968 to 1984 he lived again in France and then returned to Dakar to open a physiotherapy practice.

Ousmane Sow saw photos of Leni Riefenstahl who, in 1975 , had photographed and lived for a few months with the Nuba in South Sudan , who at that time were still unaffected by progress and civilization . Impressed by the photos of these people, he ended his career as a physiotherapist, used his anatomical knowledge and made sculpture his profession. He produced his anatomically detailed sculptures, often held in motion, without models. As an autodidact , Sow developed new techniques. Between 1984 and 1987 he created Die Nuba , a figure group of muscular, virile, larger than life Nuba wrestlers . The series The Massai followed in 1988, The Zulus in 1991 and The Peulh in 1993 . In 1992 works by Ousmane Sow were exhibited at documenta IX and in 1999 at the Pont des Arts in Paris. In 1998 the series The Battle of Little Bighorn was created , from which several works were shown in 2003 at the exhibition The american effect at the Whitney Museum of American Art .

In 2008, Sow received the Prince Claus Prize . In 2013 Ousmane Sow became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philippe Dagen: Le sculpteur sénégalais Ousmane Sow est mort. Le Monde.fr , December 1, 2016, accessed December 1, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13th-20th September 1992 - catalog in three volumes, volume 1. Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0 , page 223.
  3. ↑ Ousmane Sow . Biography on Sows website, accessed March 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ousmane Sow . Prince Claus Fund, accessed March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Ousmane Sow Associé etranger . Académie des Beaux-Arts, accessed on March 3, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Sow, Ousmane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Dakar
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 2016
Place of death Dakar