Artworks

Vue de Dos, 2002

  • Artist

    Malick Sidibé

  • Title

    Vue de Dos

  • Date

    2002

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print, painted glass, cardboard, tape, and string

  • Dimensions

    17 × 13 in. (43.2 × 33 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg

  • Object Number

    2011.12.3

Constructed as an exploration of female subjectivity and sensuality, Vues de Dos reflects Malick Sidibé’s interest in capturing the backs of his sitters rather than bodies in profile. His photographs subvert the studio portrait in full-length compositions where the subjects reject the gaze of the photographer. By offering only their backs, movement, rather than nudity, becomes the key component of female sensuality, intimacy, and power.


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Artworks

Vue de Dos, 2002

  • Artist

    Malick Sidibé

  • Title

    Vue de Dos

  • Date

    2002

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print, painted glass, cardboard, tape, and string

  • Dimensions

    17 × 13 in. (43.2 × 33 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg

  • Object Number

    2011.12.3

Constructed as an exploration of female subjectivity and sensuality, Vues de Dos reflects Malick Sidibé’s interest in capturing the backs of his sitters rather than bodies in profile. His photographs subvert the studio portrait in full-length compositions where the subjects reject the gaze of the photographer. By offering only their backs, movement, rather than nudity, becomes the key component of female sensuality, intimacy, and power.


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