CHRIS MAKER - AFRICAN ART, image from the documentary co-dir - Lot 63

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CHRIS MAKER - AFRICAN ART, image from the documentary co-dir - Lot 63
CHRIS MAKER - AFRICAN ART, image from the documentary co-directed with Alain Resnais and G. Cloquet "Les Statues meurent aussi", 1953 Photo, vintage silver print Silent back Note : Photograph from the documentary Les Statues meurent aussi, co-directed by Chris Marker (1921-2012), Alain Resnais (1922-2014) and Ghislain Cloquet (1924-1981), produced in 1953. The film is a reflection on the perception of African art in Western museums and the effects of the colonial context on the works and their meaning. The documentary questions the transformation of African ritual objects when they are removed from their cultural context and exhibited as art objects. A landmark work of post-war French documentary cinema, Les Statues meurent aussi was long censored in France for its critical take on colonialism and the cultural institutions of the time. This image testifies to the film's aesthetic and purpose, combining anthropological reflection, art history and experimental cinematic language, around the question of how we look at non-European art.
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