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...
| Archive & Special Collections | MS 381333/06 | Restrictions apply |
| Order number: |
MS 381333 |
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| 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 |
| collection |
SOAS Archive |
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MS_381333.06 |
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archive |
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Archive & Special Collections |
| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
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MS 381333 |
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MS 381333/06 |
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MS 381333/06 |
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MS 381333/06 |
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06 |
| title |
Dans charité il y a char [in charity/aid there is a tank] |
| scb_date_creation |
1994 |
| scb_level |
Item |
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8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item |
| scb_extent |
1 item |
| author |
Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
| author_facet |
Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
| authorStr |
Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
| author_letter |
Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
| format |
Archive |
| scb_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. |
| description |
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. |
| scb_access_status |
Restrictions apply |
| scb_conditions_gov_access |
Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance. |
| scb_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 |
| language_search |
English French |
| scb_scripts_material |
Latin |
| scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs |
brown paper envelope 16cm x 23cm |
| scb_copies |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| scb_url |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000048/00002 |
| scb_url_description |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
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MS 381333 |
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MS_381333.0006 |