Murid Methodology

Moustapha Dimé's Figurative Sculptures

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ID9024792
AuthorsSusan Kart (Africa Center, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume53
Issue4
Pages46-57
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Arts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9933 • E-ISSN: 1937-2108
PublisherMIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/afar_a_00551
OpenAlexW3095421653
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

October 01 2020 Murid Methodology: Moustapha Dimé's Figurative Sculptures Susan Kart Susan Kart Susan Kart is an assistant professor at Lehigh University with a joint appointment in the Department of Art, Architecture, and Design and the Africana Studies program. Her research focuses on Senegalese art of the independence period, and the exhibition and display of African art objects. She has curated exhibitions of African art at Smith College, Lehigh University, and consults for the Allentown Museum of Art. She has published in Critical Interventions, Third Text and Visual Resources. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Susan Kart Susan Kart is an assistant professor at Lehigh University with a joint appointment in the Department of Art, Architecture, and Design and the Africana Studies program. Her research focuses on Senegalese art of the independence period, and the exhibition and display of African art objects. She has curated exhibitions of African art at Smith College, Lehigh University, and consults for the Allentown Museum of Art. She has published in Critical Interventions, Third Text and Visual Resources. [email protected] Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California.2020The Regents of the University of California African Arts (2020) 53 (4): 46–57. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00551 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Susan Kart; Murid Methodology: Moustapha Dimé's Figurative Sculptures. African Arts 2020; 53 (4): 46–57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00551 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search In 1986 sculptor Moustapha Dimé returned to Dakar after a year-long religious retreat in the Murid holy city of Touba, Senegal. He had abstained from carving for an entire year, the only such hiatus in his incredibly productive career. He announced his return to the art world that December in a joint exhibition with friend and painter Abdoulaye Ndoye (Senegal, b. 1951) at the National Gallery of Senegal. Entitled Rupture: Peinture Sculpture, the exhibition featured twenty-six sculptures by Dimé, a few of which had been completed prior to his religious sojourn, but most achieved upon his return. The accompanying brochure depicts three of them: le Deuil, la Souffrance, and le Penseur, all in wood and all depicting the human form in a lightly abstracted fashion (Figs. 1a–d... © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California.2020The Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content

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