Issa Samb

Issa Samb, dem sanso know am as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) be a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright den poet.

 Early life 
Na dem born Issa Samb for 31 December 1945 insyd Dakar, Senegal. He graduate from de University of Dakar, wer na he study philosophy den de law.

 Career 
Samb take up de pseudonym Joe Ouakam. He do inter-disciplinary work wey dey encompass sculpture, performance, painting den theatre."Issa Samb is considered a total artist. His practice ranges from acting, for both theatre and cinema, to writing (poetry, essays, novels), installing, performing, painting and sculpting... yet his work is unclassifiable." Curator Koyo Kouoh Na dem consider ein work to draw from both African tradition den de European avant-garde movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Situationism den Fluxus.Art History and Fetishism Abroad: Global Shiftings in Media and Methods p.281

Na Samb be one of de founding members of de seminal Laboratoire Agit'Art insyd 1973. Na dem exhibit ein work for Whitechapel Gallery, London insyd ein ‘Seven Stories of Modern Art in Africa’ exhibition insyd 1995 den de 2008 de Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain, Dak'Art insyd Dakar. Insyd 2010, na dem hold a retrospective of ein work for de National Art Gallery, Dakar. Na sanso exhibit ein work for de 2012 documenta insyd Kassel, Germany. By 2014, InIVA, an art gallery insyd London, curate 'Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs'. De Tunisian director Taïeb Louhichi dedicate a documentary to am insyd 1994 "Ker Joe Ouakam"."Filmography | Taïeb Louhichi". www.taieblouhichi.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

Insyd 2019, de curator Koyo Kouoh select Samb's La Cour (The Yard) (2013), an evolving live/works space den courtyard installation, as ein pick for de most influential work of de decade.

Death
Samb die for 25 April 2017, for 71.
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Category:People wey komot Dakar
Category:Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni
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Category:Senegalese painters
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Category:20th-century sculptors
Category:21st-century sculptors
Category:Senegalese performance artists
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Category:20th-century poets
Category:21st-century poets