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Les Franquis

1966

Malick Sidibé

(Malian, 1936–2016)
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Culture
Mali
Medium
Portfolio of 24 gelatin silver prints
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2022.248
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Malick Sidibé would photograph as many as five parties each weekend.

Description

For each party, Malick Sidibé would make these small prints which he displayed in his shop window the next day, encouraging partygoers to order enlargements. The images reveal the fashionable mix of Western and African styles worn to the social clubs in the newly independent nation of Mali. With independence came new social freedoms for young people, who danced the nights away to the twist, rock and roll, and Afro-Cuban music.
Twenty-four, serrated-edged, black-and-white rectangular photos depicting people with medium-dark to dark skin tones at a party. They mostly wear suits and dresses, the dresses with slim silhouettes. In some photos people appear to dance, in some they hold bottles. Most of the photos are vertically oriented, with people posed mostly in pairs, but four horizontally oriented photos photograph people in larger groups.

Les Franquis

1966

Malick Sidibé

(Malian, 1936–2016)
Mali

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