La Disparition de la Vierge Marie du Vol Charter Paris-Bamako [The disappearance of the Virgin Mary on the flight from Paris to Bamako]
Mail Art. This image, collaged on a photocopy of inflight life jacket instructions, uses seven collage stamp faces of Marianne (standing for the Virgin Mary) with additional collage stamps of airplanes. It addresses the situation of African migrants who are deported from European countries. The di...
Archive & Special Collections | MS 381333/41 | Restrictions apply |
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MS 381333 |
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Date(s) of creation: |
2003 |
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Item |
Format: | Archive |
Main author: | Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
URL: |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000083/00001 |
URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
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SOAS Archive |
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MS_381333.41 |
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archive |
scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
scb_order_with |
MS 381333 |
callnumber |
MS 381333/41 |
callnumber_txt |
MS 381333/41 |
callnumber-sort |
MS 381333/41 |
prefix_number |
41 |
title |
La Disparition de la Vierge Marie du Vol Charter Paris-Bamako [The disappearance of the Virgin Mary on the flight from Paris to Bamako] |
scb_date_creation |
2003 |
scb_level |
Item |
level_sort |
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. This image, collaged on a photocopy of inflight life jacket instructions, uses seven collage stamp faces of Marianne (standing for the Virgin Mary) with additional collage stamps of airplanes. It addresses the situation of African migrants who are deported from European countries. The disappearance of the Virgin Mary refers to the lack of humanity in those countries. |
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 |
French |
language_search |
French |
scb_scripts_material |
Latin |
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs |
brown paper envelope 23cm x 32cm |
scb_url |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000083/00001 |
scb_url_description |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
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MS 381333 |
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MS_381333.0041 |