Zanele Muholi burst onto the scene of contemporary photography at the Rencontres de Bamako in 2009. Multicolored crocheted hat like Bob Marley, nervous silhouette and desire to do battle, this Zulu girl from Durban, South Africa (born in 1972), received the first Casa Africa prize awarded at the biennale for
Miss D'vine
, his work on South African trans and gay people.
Activist, visual activist, she imposed the inclusive language on the texts and labels of her retrospective at the European House of Photography (MEP), making the visitor perplexed.
But his photographic work is there, more than 200 photos, videos and installations created since 2000, which show the breathtaking plastic strength of the artist whose self-portraits are magnificent paintings.
She is now the black queen of photography.
Meeting and debate!
LE FIGARO.
- Since your prize at the Rencontres de Bamako in 2009, you have had all the honors, from the Venice Biennale in 2019 to the Tate Modern…
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