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Samuel Fosso is one of the best-known photographic artists on the African continent. In his theatrical self-portraits, he embodies very heterogeneous characters and adapts iconic images of historical figures. In his works, he reveals social codes of body, clothing and accessories as well as those of pose and facial expression; at the same time, he playfully thwarts attributions of gender, ethnic origin and social class. The solo exhibition at the KINDL shows a selection of Fosso’s works from the 1970s to the present day. The exhibition begins on September 15, 2024 and ends on February 16, 2025.
Born in Cameroon, Fosso fled the brutal civil war in Nigeria (1967-1970) as a child with an uncle to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Within a few months, he learned the craft of photography from a local photographer and worked briefly as a street photographer. In 1975, aged just 13, he opened his own photo studio. During the day, he completed his customers’ orders and in the evening he used the remaining images on the film for self-portraits, which he mainly sent to his grandmother …
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Image above: Samuel Fosso, Self portrait from the series Black Pope, 2017 © Samuel Fosso
