Staging Africa through its own lens in Shanghai

By Yang Xiaoyu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-09-19 16:16
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Italian-Senegalese Maïmouna Guerresi's work is on view at Marvelous Realism at Fotografiska in Shanghai until Dec 1, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

As mysterious as Agbodjelou's portrayal of the unique Yoruba tradition, Italian-Senegalese Maïmouna Guerresi's The Girls in Their Private Garden (2016) capture elegant, elongated black female Muslims levitating in a dream-like space as though they were in a moment of transforming or reaching spirituality, spotlighting the strength, royalty, and beauty of African Muslim women.

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