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The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji Opening Reception
March 25, 20106:00pm - 8:00pm
Untitled. Sammy Baloji, 2006. Photomontage, 60 x 125 cm. Courtesy of the Artist.
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji
March 26-April 28, 2010
Organized by the Museum for African Art
You are cordially invited to the Opening Reception Of
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji
March 25, 6-8pm
Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, 135 East 22nd Street New York, NY
Gallery Hours:Monday-Friday, Noon to 5pm, Thursday, Noon to 7pm
Sammy Baloji (b.1978), a photographer and video artist from Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, combines archival images of copper mine workers and colonial administrators with photographs of contemporary Lubumbashi. The exhibition, The Beautiful Time in Lubumbashi: Photography by Sammy Baloji, presents Baloji's large-scale photomontages and landscape photography. Like many people in the Congo today, Baloji aims to understand and reconnect two trikingly different eras.
Sammy Baloji's photography has been shown in France, Belgium, Mali, South Africa, and Canada. In 2009 he was featured at the Montreal Month of Photography, was a finalist for the French Pictet award, and received a Prince Claus award.
The Beautiful Time is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by exhibition curator Bogumil Jewsiewicki, professor of history at Universite Laval, Quebec. Published by the Museum for African Art, the 48-page catalogue is available for purchase at www.africanart.org.
The Beautiful Time is organized by the Museum for African Art, New York, and is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Verizon Foundation.
