Mabeye Deme - Gudi Dakar

MABEYE DEME
Born in 1979 in Tokyo. Lives and works between France and Senegal. The daily life of the city of Dakar is magnified, transcended by the photographer's lens, who, placed behind his tent canvas, manages to capture intimate moments of its inhabitants.
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On the contrary to the painter who prints his motif on the canvas, the photographer veils the lens to better unveil his subject. Clear canvas, blurred figurine. Mabeye Deme uses the sensitive texture of the veil as a means, akin to the developer in analog photography or the pixels of digital imagery.
The tents in which he finds himself are ephemeral constructions of the popular neighborhoods that host ceremonies and gatherings of all kinds. Wear and tear tells of the passing time, ruptures and the exile's distance from a city that always eludes its present.
Invited as an artist-in-residence at the Blachère Foundation for African Contemporary Art in Apt (France) in 2013, his work was then exhibited at the Dak'Art Off biennial in Senegal in 2014, then at UNESCO in Paris in 2016. He was also shown in Marseille, Auxerre, Lyon and Grenoble.