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Nuba reclining wrestler
2010.08.14
Ousmane Sow (Dakar, 1935 ) is a senegalese sculptor.
In 1957, Ousmane Sow moves from Senegal to France where he must give up his project of getting into the school of Fine Arts because he can't afford it. While living on unprofitable jobs, he graduates from nurse school, then from physiotherapist school.
This job, which he practises twenty years long, influences his sculptor's skill.
In his fifties, he dedicates himself to sculpture. he develops a very personal technique. On a framework made of metal, straw, hessian and other materials, he models the subject spreading a paste he made himself with mud and minerals mixed together and macerated for a long time. It takes him years to develop the paste he keeps jealously secret.
In 1988, he shows for the first time the Nuba series which was inspired to him by Leni Riefenstahl pictures, at the French Cultural Center exhibition in Dakar. The Nuba series, made between 1984 and 1987, consists of twelve sculptures or groups of sculptures and represents warriors and wrestlers.
In 1957, Ousmane Sow moves from Senegal to France where he must give up his project of getting into the school of Fine Arts because he can't afford it. While living on unprofitable jobs, he graduates from nurse school, then from physiotherapist school.
This job, which he practises twenty years long, influences his sculptor's skill.
In his fifties, he dedicates himself to sculpture. he develops a very personal technique. On a framework made of metal, straw, hessian and other materials, he models the subject spreading a paste he made himself with mud and minerals mixed together and macerated for a long time. It takes him years to develop the paste he keeps jealously secret.
In 1988, he shows for the first time the Nuba series which was inspired to him by Leni Riefenstahl pictures, at the French Cultural Center exhibition in Dakar. The Nuba series, made between 1984 and 1987, consists of twelve sculptures or groups of sculptures and represents warriors and wrestlers.
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very interesting work! great angles photography!
Davorka · 2010-08-06: 11:54
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Awesome!
????? · 2010-08-06: 13:12
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Great post!
HoosierAtHeART · 2010-08-06: 13:41
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this is awesome :O
onlyricky · 2010-08-06: 15:08
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Brilliant captures !!!
finbarr · 2010-08-06: 16:43
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AMAZING!! :)
Nukee · 2010-08-07: 01:48
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This is fantastic. Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful sculptor.
SADHYA · 2010-08-07: 03:02
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Awesome! about the Ousmane Sow
kevinmantop · 2010-08-08: 20:53
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Admire Ousmane Sow's persistence. We should never give up our dream!
blu06 · 2010-08-16: 10:00
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