Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Benin |
| Ein date of birth | 1965 |
| Place dem born am | Porto-Novo |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | French |
| Ein occupation | photographer |
| Field for work | photography |
| Movement | contemporary art |
| Copyright status as creator | works protected by copyrights |
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (dem born am insyd 1965), be a Beninese photographer.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Dem born Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou insyd Porto-Novo insyd 1965.[citation needed] He be de son of Benin photographer Joseph Moise Agbodjelou (1912–2000).[citation needed] He does not have a formal education den be train by ein father.[citation needed] They travel together plus portable studio. They use a traditional colorful fabrics as a background for de people portraits wey dem make. Leonce Agbodjelou found de first Photography School insyd Benin.[1] He serves as de President of de Photographer's Association of Porto-Novo.[2]
Work
[edit | edit source]Agbodjelou's portraiture series, Citizens of Porto-Novo depicts people of Benin's capital. He be using a daylight studio den a medium format film camera for de project. Ein 'Musclemen' shows staged studio photograph of muscular men, wich be popular theme insyd de West Africa.[3] De 'Egungun' project are photographs of de masqueraders, depicting divine ancestors of Yoruba-speaking people. They usually appear at funerals to guide deceased to de spirit world. They san fi appear at any time to protect people from misfortunes.[4]
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Solo
[edit | edit source]- 2011 Egungun Project. A Sumptuous Masquerade, Jack Bell Gallery, London[5]
- 2015 Egungun Masquerades, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[6]
- 2017 The Egungun Project: One man show, Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden[7]
Group
[edit | edit source]- 2013 Native Nostalgia, Museum of African Design, Johannesburg[8]
- 2013 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013, National Portrait Gallery, London[9]
- 2015 Staring Back: The Creation and Legacy of Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon, Fleming Museum of Art[10]
- 2015 Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Seattle Art Museum[11]
- 2016 Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Brooklyn Museum[12]
- 2017 Regarding Africa, Tel Aviv Museum of Art[13]
- 2017 African-Print Fashion Now!, Fowler Museum at UCLA[14]
- 2020 Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas[15]
Collections
[edit | edit source]Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou works dey insyd public collections around de world, including Zurich Museum of Art, Pitt Rivers Museum insyd Oxford, Saatchi Collection insyd London, Carnegie Museum of Art, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa insyd Cape Town den Museum of Modern Art insyd Equatorial Guinea.[16]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou". Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou". Art Base Africa.
- ↑ Todd Leopold (2014-11-12). "Musclemen: 'Strength, power, pride'". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ Evelyne Politanoff (2011-11-28). "Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou: Egungun Project. A Sumptuous Masquerade". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Egungun Project by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou". Another Magazine. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Egungun Masquerades". SMAC Gallery.
- ↑ "Upcoming exhibitions". Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs.
- ↑ Teo Kermeliotis and Errol Barnett (2013-11-14). "Africa's 'first design museum' stirs continent's creative pulse". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "10 fantastic portraits from the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013". Time Out London. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ Kevin J. Kelley (2015-02-11). "Art Review: 'Staring Back,' Fleming Museum". Seven Days Vermont. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ Rosemary Ronnekanti (2015-06-16). "Seattle Art Museum opens "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art"". The News Tribune. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ karen Kedmey (2016-05-03). "The Brooklyn Museum's African Mask Show Is a Complex, Powerful Exploration of Identity". The Artsy. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ Mary Pelletier (2017-02-21). "Afrofuturism takes on a new meaning in Israel". The Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ Erin Connors (2017-03-14). "Colorful African-print fashions coming to the Fowler Museum at UCLA". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ↑ "Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou". SMAC Gallery.