Issa Samb
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Senegal |
| Birth name | Issa Samb |
| Name wey dem give am | Issa |
| Family name | Samb |
| Pseudonym | Joe Ouakam |
| Ein date of birth | 31 December 1945 |
| Place dem born am | Dakar |
| Date wey edie | 25 April 2017, 24 April 2017 |
| Place wey edie | Dakar |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | French |
| Educate for | Cheikh Anta Diop University |
| Work location | Dakar |
| Participant insyd | dOCUMENTA (13) |
| Movement | Laboratoire Agit'Art |
| Copyright status as creator | works protected by copyrights |
Issa Samb, dem sanso know am as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) be a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright den poet.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Na dem born Issa Samb for 31 December 1945 insyd Dakar, Senegal.[1] He graduate from de University of Dakar, wer na he study philosophy den de law.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Samb take up de pseudonym Joe Ouakam.[2] He do inter-disciplinary work wey dey encompass sculpture, performance, painting den theatre.[2][3] Na dem consider ein work to draw from both African tradition den de European avant-garde movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Situationism den Fluxus.[4]
Na Samb be one of de founding members of de seminal Laboratoire Agit'Art insyd 1973.[1] Na dem exhibit ein work for Whitechapel Gallery, London insyd ein ‘Seven Stories of Modern Art in Africa’ exhibition insyd 1995 den de 2008 de Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain, Dak'Art insyd Dakar.[5] Insyd 2010, na dem hold a retrospective of ein work for de National Art Gallery, Dakar.[5] Na sanso exhibit ein work for de 2012 documenta insyd Kassel, Germany.[5] By 2014, InIVA, an art gallery insyd London, curate 'Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs'.[5] De Tunisian director Taïeb Louhichi dedicate a documentary to am insyd 1994 "Ker Joe Ouakam".[6]
Insyd 2019, de curator Koyo Kouoh select Samb's La Cour (The Yard) (2013), an evolving live/works space den courtyard installation, as ein pick for de most influential work of de decade.[7]
Death
[edit | edit source]Samb die for 25 April 2017, for 71.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Durosomo, Damola (April 26, 2017). "Celebrated Senegalese Artist, Issa Samb, Has Passed Away". OkayAfrica. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Décès de Joe Ouakam: le Sénégal rend hommage à un artiste multifaces". Radio France International. April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Art History and Fetishism Abroad: Global Shiftings in Media and Methods p.281
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs". InIVA. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Filmography | Taïeb Louhichi". www.taieblouhichi.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- ↑ "What Was the Most Influential Artwork of the Decade? We Asked Dozens of Art-World Experts to Tell Us What They Thought". artnet News (in American English). 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
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