Moussa Tine
Moussa Tine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 March 1953 Ndiane, Thiès Region, Senegal |
| Education | École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal) |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, sculptor |
| Movement | École de Dakar |
Moussa Tine (born 1953) is a Senegalese contemporary painter and sculptor. He is part of the second generation of the Dakar School (French: École de Dakar), an art movement affiliated with Négritude.[1]
Biography
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Moussa Tine was born on 10 March 1953, in Ndiane, in the Thiès Region, Senegal.[2] His first job as a young boy was working as a ticket taker and announcer for car rapide (Senegalese mini buses).[3][4] He started his pursuit of art in the 1970s by painting motifs and signs on the car rapide.[1][3][4]
Tine furthered his arts education and graduated in 1978 from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal).[2]
His paintings have sculptural elements, and often contain discarded materials such as metal and wood.[5][6] He was a founding member of ANAPS (Association of Visual Artists of Senegal).[7]
In 1992–1993, Tine's work was included in the traveling group exhibition of fifty Senegalese artists called, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, sponsored by the National Gallery of Senegal in Dakar, and the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C..[8] In 2014, Tine's work was exhibited at the Tafeta in London, through the Mille Arts Foundation with part of the sales going to the Red Cross Ebola Outbreak Appeal.[9]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1992, Peoples and Cultures of Senegal, group exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia, United States; seven Senegalese artists exhibited, included Moussa Tine, Mamadou Fall Dabo, Viyé Diba, and Ibrahima Kébé[10]
- 1993, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, traveling group exhibition, Afro-American Cultural Center (now the Harvey B. Gantt Center), Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[8]
- 1994, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, traveling group exhibition, Marsh Gallery at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States; fifty Senegalese artists exhibited, included Moussa Tine, Mor Gueye, El Hadji Mansour Ciss, Tafsir Momar Gueye, Boubacar Coulibaly, and Mouhamadou Mbaye dit Zulu (or Mouhamadou Mbaye)[11]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Bongmba, Elias Kifon (21 May 2012). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions. John Wiley & Sons. p. 420. ISBN 978-1-4051-9690-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Cimaise (in French). Galerie Arnaud. 1996. p. 49 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Roberts, Allen F.; Roberts, Mary Nooter; Armenian, Gassia; Guèye, Ousmane (2003). A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-930741-93-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Moussa Tine". Passport to Paradise. Fowler Museum of Cultural History of the University of California at Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ Ross, Eric (30 April 2008). Culture and Customs of Senegal. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-313-34036-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Berns, Marla C. (21 May 2021). "Curator's Choice: Altitude". Fowler Museum at UCLA. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "Personnes: Tine Moussa". Africultures (in French). ISSN 2271-1732. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ a b Patterson, Tom (10 October 1993). "African works give contemporary perspective". The Charlotte Observer. p. 93. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "Mille Arts Foundation brings Africa to London this winter in an exhibition by contemporary African artist Moussa Tine". The South African. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "A small glimpse at the art of Senegal". The Baltimore Sun. 21 May 1992. p. 64. Retrieved 21 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Spiritual and cultural ideals reflected in Senegalese art". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 28 September 1994. p. 31. Retrieved 21 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Abdou, Sylla (July 2007). "Trajectoires, Entretien Avec Bassam Chaïtou (Trajectories, Interview with Bassam Chaïtou)". Ethiopiques no. 79 (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.