Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
Abstract (E): Along with people like Césaire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die‘ 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanie...
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doaj-96cc05d08f0d4c1eb9d3978d2d67a0ce2021-08-02T15:40:37ZengKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenImage and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative1780-678X2010-01-011112946Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final WordMatthias De GroofAbstract (E): Along with people like C&eacute;saire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die&lsquo; 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanied by Resnais as co-director, Ghislain Cloquet as cameraman and Guy Bernard as composer, took up the mission to challenge the prevailing gaze on African artefacts. How does Marker&lsquo;s Les Statues meurent aussi look upon African art?<br />Abstract (F): &Agrave; l&lsquo;instar de personnes comme C&eacute;saire, Sartre et Howlett, Chris Marker cultiva l&lsquo;espoir en 1953 que les artefacts africains puissent sortir du strict cadre des mus&eacute;es. Dans le film Les Statues meurent aussi (1950-53), Marker, en tant que r&eacute;alisateur et sc&eacute;nariste, second&eacute; par Resnais, comme co-r&eacute;alisateur, Ghislain Cloquet comme directeur de la photographie et Guy Bernard comme compositeur, se donna pour mission de contester le regard fig&eacute; pr&eacute;dominant sur les artefacts africains. Quel regard porte sur l&lsquo;art africain Les statues meurent aussi de Marker ?http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/53Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista |
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Matthias De Groof Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word Image and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista |
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Abstract (E): Along with people like C&eacute;saire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die&lsquo; 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanied by Resnais as co-director, Ghislain Cloquet as cameraman and Guy Bernard as composer, took up the mission to challenge the prevailing gaze on African artefacts. How does Marker&lsquo;s Les Statues meurent aussi look upon African art?<br />Abstract (F): &Agrave; l&lsquo;instar de personnes comme C&eacute;saire, Sartre et Howlett, Chris Marker cultiva l&lsquo;espoir en 1953 que les artefacts africains puissent sortir du strict cadre des mus&eacute;es. Dans le film Les Statues meurent aussi (1950-53), Marker, en tant que r&eacute;alisateur et sc&eacute;nariste, second&eacute; par Resnais, comme co-r&eacute;alisateur, Ghislain Cloquet comme directeur de la photographie et Guy Bernard comme compositeur, se donna pour mission de contester le regard fig&eacute; pr&eacute;dominant sur les artefacts africains. Quel regard porte sur l&lsquo;art africain Les statues meurent aussi de Marker ? |
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Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista |
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