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Un "nouvel art noir contemporain" réenchante les murs de Dakar
franceinfo: Afrique - Nov 18, 2020
Jusqu’au 31 décembre 2020, l’association "You are Beautiful the Way you are" ("Tu es beau comme tu es") expose une vingtaine d'artistes dans les rues de la capitale.
"You are beautiful the way you are", une exposition à ciel ouvert sur les murs de Dakar
VOA Afrique - Nov 10, 2020
Au chapitre culturel à présent, cette exposition en plein air à découvrir depuis quelques jours à Dakar: « You are Beautiful the Way you are » ou « Tu es belle comme tu es ». Elle regroupe une vingtaine d’artistes africains du continent et de la diaspora. A différents endroits de la ville, on peut découvrir des reproductions d’oeuvres d’art imprimées à grande échelle, visant à interroger la « négritude contemporaine ».
From Dakar to Paris: See Exhibitions Featuring Paul Kodjo, Maurice Pellosh, Hassan Hajjaj and More
The Sole Adventurer - Oct 29, 2020
In Dakar, multidisciplinary artists and curators Djibril Drame and Modou Dieng partner to curate the exhibition “You Are Beautiful The Way You Are”.
Sénégal: Lancement de l'exposition “Tu es beau comme tu es” - Dakar renoue avec la dynamique artistique
allAfrica - Oct 24, 2020
Prévu jusqu'au 31 décembre prochain, le projet d'exposition à ciel ouvert «Tu es beau comme tu es» a été officiellement lancé, jeudi dernier, à Dakar. Celui-ci regroupe une vingtaine d'artistes qui, à travers une diversité d'expressions artistiques, vont embellir les murs et rues de la capitale.
You Are Beautiful The Way You Are
Enkilebaa Culture - Oct 24, 2020
Une initiative par Modou Dieng en collaboration avec Djibril Drame
Produit par Blackpuffin avec le soutien technique de DM Media
Dakar Reconnects with Artistic Dynamics
AlKhaleej Today - Oct 24, 2020
Scheduled until December 31, the open-air exhibition project “You are beautiful as you are” was officially launched last Thursday in Dakar. This brings together some twenty artists who, through a diversity of artistic expressions, will embellish the walls and streets of the capital. The day ends at the western corniche of Dakar. […]
EXPOSITION D’ART à CIEL OUVERT à DAKAR: “Tu es beau comme tu es”, une synergie entre l’Afrique et sa diaspora
Le Soleil - Oct 14, 2020
Après des mois d’arrêt par la faute de la Covid-19, le pouls culturel de Dakar va battre à nouveau avec l’organisation d’une exposition d’art à ciel ouvert, du 22 octobre au 31 décembre. «Tu es beau comme tu es » est un projet artistique qui, à travers la participation de plusieurs artistes locaux et internationaux, compte créer une synergie entre l’Afrique et sa diaspora pour ainsi ré-enchanter le monde. […]
Sister Cities: Artist Modou Dieng Constructs a Bridge Between St. Louis and Saint-Louis
ALIVE - Nov 21, 2019
In the opening pages of the exhibition catalog for “Saint-Louis to St. Louis: City on the River Meets River City,” there is a sepia-tone, postcard-like photograph of the Le Pont Faidherbe, a road bridge that runs over the Senegal River in West Africa. The bridge looks oddly reminiscent of bridges in St. Louis, Missouri, that run over the Mississippi River. The connecting arch-like domes over the span of Le Pont Faidherbe bear a resemblance to the McKinley Bridge; if one were to imagine Le Pont Faidherbe inverted, they might see a slight similarity to St. Louis’ Eads Bridge. […]
“Bananas is my Business”, o todo acerca del fufú
Hyper Media - Dec 17, 2019
Mientras vamos caminando en plena mañana soleada hacia Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), mi amiga S. y yo no podemos sino deleitarnos ante la excéntrica pasarela matutina que se desplaza por el Convention Ocean Drive. Le comento a S. que debía haberme vestido de Carmen Miranda. Yo que, obviamente, desentono con mi parca vestimenta negra en medio de tanto color y lentejuela. […]
For Freedoms presents Looks of Freedom II at Untitled Art Fair Miami
For Freedoms - Sept 19, 2019
This time of year marks one of the busiest seasons in the worlds of art and politics! We at For Freedoms have been gearing up and are so excited to announce our participation in Art Basel Miami this year as we bring LOOKS OF FREEDOM II to the UNTITLED fair.
For Freedoms' new 50 State Initiative billboards aim to deepen political discourse in St. Louis ahead of midterms
St. Louis Magazine - Oct 11, 2018
St. Louis just joined the largest creative collaboration in American history—and the proof is in three billboards scattered across the city, part of the 50 State Initiative, a project by national organization For Freedoms. Installed the week of September 17, a small purse with “Your Body Your Business” embroidered in bold pink towers over a stretch of I-44. Another, near the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge, depicts a man looking toward the sun and the words “Ride Walk Drive March Vote.” The third, in St. Charles near 5th Street, proclaims “All Li es Matter.” […]
New Artist-Designed Billboards Urge St. Louis to Consider Four Freedoms
Riverfront Times - Oct 2, 2018
If your commute takes you westbound on 1-44, you may have spotted a billboard between the Kings highway and Hampton exits that appears to advertise nothing less than the radical idea (in Missouri, at least) of sovereignty over your own body. What's that all about? […]
Students experiment with politics, media in ‘Role as Citizen’ exhibition
USML Daily - Dec 10, 2018
This semester, University of Missouri–St. Louis Art and Design students got the chance to mix arts and politics. […]
projects+gallery Opens New Exhibition Bridging Art and Activism
ALIVE - Oct 13, 2018
Driving down I-70 East in St. Charles, Missouri, commuters are met with a sign with a black backdrop and white capitalized letters that reads: ALL LI_ES MATTER. The absence of the “V” is not by accident, and its location is no coincidence. […]
Largest Public-Art Campaign in US History Set to Come to St. Louis
ALIVE - July 10, 2018
Titled the “50 State Initiative”, the organization has set an ambitious goal of working with arts and cultural institutions along with several artists in 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., to mount 50 billboards of artworks. The goal of the billboards is to provide artists with a platform to encourage discourse on civic issues among arts and cultural institutions and residents of the states. […]
The Gallery at the Kranzberg Arts Center Presents New Exhibit, 'Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom: Over you / you'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept 18, 2018
The Gallery at the Kranzberg Arts Center, in partnership with For Freedoms' 50 State Initiative, presents 'Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom: Over you / you,' an exhibit by Oscar Murillo, curated by Modou Dieng, running Thursday, October 11 through Saturday, November 10with an opening reception from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, October 11. The exhibit consists of over 150 placards, which become the basis for a protest in limbo within the gallery space. Placards are both practical and performative objects, and Murillo plays with these two uses within his installation. […]