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Born in 1939, Seyni CAMARA is an African artist whose works travel the world. Senegalese, originally from Casamance, she lives in a small village lost in the heart of the forest. It is in Bignona that Seyni works in her house with a tin roof. She is the living legend of her village. Far from the turpitudes of the community, she lives with her family, working unceasingly since the time when she and her two brothers were introduced to their art by the geniuses of the forest. His life and his work are imbued with a mysticism inherent in the malicious spirits and the animist practices which characterize the Africa of villages. Indeed, in adolescence, they were all three abducted by the spirits of the forest. During this learning of the mysteries of clay, the whole village decided to sacrifice some animals to appease the spirits, so that Seyni and her twin brothers finally return. And this was the case, according to legend ... Since then, Seyni has not stopped modeling thousands of characters, men, women, animals of all kinds, giving free rein to his imagination, putting into volumes a cosmogony of his own. The works of the little potter of Bignona have made their way. Exhibited in many Western modern art museums, presented at the Pompidou Center in 1989, at the Venice Biennale in 2001, the notoriety of Seyni CAMARA's work has transcended borders. The reason for this transnational fascination with his art can be explained by that small part of the mind that is common to all men: the sincerity of emotions.
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Exhibitions dedicated to Seyni Awa Camara
Galerie Claire Corcia
Philippe Jacq
From September 30, 2021 to November 6, 2021
Galerie Claire Corcia
Seyni Awa Camara
From September 30, 2021 to November 6, 2021
Galerie Claire Corcia
Philippe Jacq
From September 9, 2021 to November 6, 2021
Galerie Claire Corcia
Group show ; 12 international contemporary artists
From June 3, 2021 to July 13, 2021
Galerie Claire Corcia
Le chant des golems - Timothy Archer / Andrew Gilbert / Seyni Camara
From June 11, 2020 to July 18, 2020
Galerie Claire Corcia
Africa now II - New Show
From February 1, 2020 to February 15, 2020
Galerie Claire Corcia
Africa now II
From November 21, 2019 to December 21, 2019
Galerie Claire Corcia
Stand AKAA au Carreau du Temple
From November 8, 2019 to November 11, 2019
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Born in 1939, Seyni CAMARA is an African artist whose works travel the world. Senegalese, originally from Casamance, she lives in a small village lost in the heart of the forest. It is in Bignona that Seyni works in her house with a tin roof. She is the living legend of her village. Far from the turpitudes of the community, she lives with her family, working unceasingly since the time when she and her two brothers were introduced to their art by the geniuses of the forest. His life and his work are imbued with a mysticism inherent in the malicious spirits and the animist practices which characterize the Africa of villages. Indeed, in adolescence, they were all three abducted by the spirits of the forest. During this learning of the mysteries of clay, the whole village decided to sacrifice some animals to appease the spirits, so that Seyni and her twin brothers finally return. And this was the case, according to legend ... Since then, Seyni has not stopped modeling thousands of characters, men, women, animals of all kinds, giving free rein to his imagination, putting into volumes a cosmogony of his own. The works of the little potter of Bignona have made their way. Exhibited in many Western modern art museums, presented at the Pompidou Center in 1989, at the Venice Biennale in 2001, the notoriety of Seyni CAMARA's work has transcended borders. The reason for this transnational fascination with his art can be explained by that small part of the mind that is common to all men: the sincerity of emotions.
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When was Seyni Awa Camara born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1939