Sanlé Sory (1943–2023) - Funki Man - 1974
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Photograph by Sory Sanlé titled Funki Man - 1974, a 50 x 40 cm gelatin silver print from 1974, hand-signed, in superb condition, sold by Galerie as a portrait and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
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Description from the seller
Stamped and signed.
Sory Sanlé is a Burkinabé photographer, born in 1943 in Nianiagara in the Republic of Upper Volta.
Ibrahima Sanlé Sory arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1957. Having become a journalist and photographer, he also did sleeve illustrations for records.
He opened his Volta Photo studio in 1962, as his country gained independence. He bought a Rolleiflex 6×6, and began by taking identity photographs and road-accident photographs for the local police.
Soon, he gained notoriety in Bobo-Dioulasso, which was then the cultural and economic capital of the former Upper Volta, where young Africans “hungry for modernity” came to “have their portrait taken.”
Produced between 1960 and 1985, his photographic work “testifies to the happiness of a regained freedom and to a social and cultural effervescence unique of its kind.”
Exhibitions
2015: Folk art African, Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Bordeaux.
2015: À la rencontre de la photographie africaine, médiathèque de Mérignac.
2018: Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago.
2020: Tête à Têtes - West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century, David Hill Gallery, London.
2020: Bobo Yéyé, Sanlé Sory, Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse.
Photograph accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
Translated by Google TranslateStamped and signed.
Sory Sanlé is a Burkinabé photographer, born in 1943 in Nianiagara in the Republic of Upper Volta.
Ibrahima Sanlé Sory arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1957. Having become a journalist and photographer, he also did sleeve illustrations for records.
He opened his Volta Photo studio in 1962, as his country gained independence. He bought a Rolleiflex 6×6, and began by taking identity photographs and road-accident photographs for the local police.
Soon, he gained notoriety in Bobo-Dioulasso, which was then the cultural and economic capital of the former Upper Volta, where young Africans “hungry for modernity” came to “have their portrait taken.”
Produced between 1960 and 1985, his photographic work “testifies to the happiness of a regained freedom and to a social and cultural effervescence unique of its kind.”
Exhibitions
2015: Folk art African, Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Bordeaux.
2015: À la rencontre de la photographie africaine, médiathèque de Mérignac.
2018: Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago.
2020: Tête à Têtes - West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century, David Hill Gallery, London.
2020: Bobo Yéyé, Sanlé Sory, Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse.
Photograph accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Date of print
1974
Artist
Sanlé Sory (1943–2023)
Sold by
Gallery
Title of artwork
Funki Man - 1974
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
50 cm
Width
40 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Portrait
