Issa Samb

Issa Samb was born in Dakar in 1945. He was one of the founding members of the seminal Laboratoire Agit'Art in 1973.

Samb is an internationally recognised artist known for his groundbreaking inter-disciplinary work that encompasses sculpture, performance, painting and theatre.[1] His work is considered to draw from both African tradition and the European avante-garde movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Situationism and Fluxus.[2]

Exhibitions

1995 - ‘Seven Stories of Modern Art in Africa’, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

2004 - Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs - InIVA, London

2008 - the Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain, Dak’Art, Dakar

2010 - A retrospective of his work was held at the National Art Gallery, Dakar

2012 - documenta (13), Kassel, Germany

References

  1. ↑ "Issa Samb is considered a total artist. His practice ranges from acting, for both theatre and cinema, to writing (poetry, essays, novels), installing, performing, painting and sculpting... yet his work is unclassifiable." Curator Koyo Kouoh
  2. ↑ Art History and Fetishism Abroad: Global Shiftings in Media and Methods p.281
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