Dans charité il y a char [in charity/aid there is a tank]

Mail Art. The French title, from a faux proverb by Musa, employs word play in that charité contains the word char: 'tank' (p. 240, C. Deliss, ed. 1995). The imagery in three sections makes a critique of development aid, food aid for starving children, by means of collage and drawing; on the right i...

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Order number: MS 381333
Date(s) of creation: 1994
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000048/00002
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Order number: MS 381333
Summary: Mail Art. The French title, from a faux proverb by Musa, employs word play in that charité contains the word char: 'tank' (p. 240, C. Deliss, ed. 1995). The imagery in three sections makes a critique of development aid, food aid for starving children, by means of collage and drawing; on the right is a double ‘Marianne’, symbol of the French state, as a puppeteer in the aid game.
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
Extent: 1 item
Acquisition: The donation was made to SOAS Library in June 2018 by Elsbeth Court, an academic who teaches African Art on the IFCELS course at SOAS, with the support and agreement of the artist Hassan Musa.
Access status: Restrictions
Access conditions: Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance.
Copyright: Copyright in the artwork of Hassan Musa assigned to SOAS by the artist, 2018. Copyrights persist in other images and texts. The user is advised to investigate copyrights before making any re-use of this material.
Language: English
French
Scripts: Latin
Physical description: brown paper envelope 16cm x 23cm
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive