Seydou Keïta (photographer)
Seydou Keïta (* 1923 in Bamako , French Sudan ; † November 21, 2001 in Paris , France ) was a Malian photography artist . Alongside Malick Sidibé, he is considered one of the most important photographers in Africa .
Life
Keïta first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father and uncle. His uncle gave him his first camera in 1935, a Kodak Brownie Flash . In 1948 he opened his own studio in Bamako-Coura; the focus was on commissioned portraits. In 1962, with the independence of Mali, he entered the civil service as an "official photographer". The first exhibition of his photographs took place in New York City in 1991 , initially classified as "unknown". Thanks to André Maguin's research , Keïta was identified as the author. As a result, his oeuvre was received internationally, at festivals, exhibitions and in publications, as well as in magazines and in book form.
He is best known for his portraits of people and families, which he took between 1940 and the early 1960s. Keïta was an autodidact. His pictures document Malian society and are internationally recognized as works of art.
Exhibitions
- 2006–2007 100% Africa , Guggenheim Museum , Bilbao .
- 2006 Vive l'Afrique , Galerie du Jour , Tokyo .
- 2005–2006 African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection , National Museum of African Art , Washington, DC , Museum of Fine Arts, Houston .
- 2005 Arts of Africa, The Contemporary collection of Jean Pigozzi , Grimaldi Forum , Monaco .
- 2005 Vive l'Afrique , Galerie du jour, Paris .
- 2005 A hundred year of children , The Bunkamura Museum of art , Tokyo, the Niigata Banbajimia Art Museum , Niigata .
- 2003 Go Johnny go! The electric guitar / art and myth , Kunsthalle, Vienna.
- 2003 Samuel Fosso, Malick Sidibé, Seydou Keita, Vestafrikansk portrettfotografi , Noersk Museum of fotografi, Horten .
- 2002 I ka nyì tan, Seydou Keita e Malick Sidibé fotografi a Bamako , Museo Hendrik, Rome.
- 2002 Flash Afrique! , Kunsthalle, Vienna.
- 2000 Voilà, Le Monde danse la tete , Muséet D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris.
- 1999 PhotoEspana 99: Seydou Keita y Malik Sidibè: retrospectiva , Real jardìn Botanico, Madrid .
- 1999 Seydou Keita , Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis , Missouri.
- 1997 Seydou Keita , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco .
- 1996 In / sight: African Photographers, 1940 to the present , Guggenheim Museum, New York.
- 1996 Seydou Keita, Photographer: portrait from Bamako, Mali , National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC
- 1995 Big City: Artist from Africa , Serpentine Gallery, London.
- 1994 Seydou Keita: 1949 à 1962 , Fondation Cartier, Paris.
- 1994 Recontres Photographiques de Bamako (1) , Bamako, Mali.
- 1991 Africa Explores: 20th Century African Art , The center of African Art, New York (1991).
Lexical entry
- Hans-Michael Koetzle: Photographers AZ . Taschen Germany, 2015 ISBN 978-3-8365-1107-0
Web links
- Official website of the Seydou Keïta Photography Estate .
- Seydou Keita - Studio Works. ZoneZero.com.
- Seydou Keita in the Contemporary African Art Collection .
- Sedyou Keita at Gallery51 , Antwerp.
- The Ghosts of Seydou Keita. Slideshow with audio commentary ( Adobe Flash ) for the New York Times .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog available online in the Internet Archive .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keïta, Seydou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Malian photography artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamako , French Sudan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2001 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |