| Order number: |
MS 381333
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| Summary: |
Mail Art. The background is a photocopy of Musa’s well-known series of textile paintings Who needs bananas in New Guinea? with his own photo in front; both of their faces have stamp collages. The main figure is that of the entertainer Josephine Baker based on an iconic 1929 photograph. Bananas refer to Baker’s costume of fake bananas with their implied, racist, second class metaphor. Musa often reinterprets Baker who stood her ground in the 1920’s Parisian nightlife through satirical humour; he also used this rendering of Baker to revisit the parable of Suzanne and the Elders.
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| Main author: |
Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
| Extent: |
1 item
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| 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.
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| Access status: |
Restrictions apply
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| Access conditions: |
Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance.
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| 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
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| Scripts: |
Latin
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| Physical description: |
brown paper envelope 23cm x 32cm
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| Format: |
Archive
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