Inner constellations
Subtitle: photographs
By: Maïmouna Guerresi
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Glitterati Incorporated; G Arts LLC
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780990380887
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Artistic Photography
Description: She's been referred to as the "Sufi Frida Kahlo." Maimouna Guerresi is a photographer, whose work sometimes incorporates sculpture, video, and installation art. Her unique style combines Afro-Asian themes and symbolism with the traditions of Western classical iconography. This unique melange incorporates cultural and religious influences, and fusion of different artistic languages. Her meticulously composed and highly impactful photographs include veiled figures that symbolise the body as a sacred building, as the "temple of the soul," a modernist style reminiscent of some traditional Madonnas of classical art. The costumes are made of fabrics that she has collected in travels in Africa or Asia. The book is composed of ten chapters, ranging from "Light Signs: Frontiers Between the Known and Unknown" to "The Giants: Dark Faces of the Great Spirit Guides" through photographs that are totally distinctive in terms of creating environments that are fantastic and ethereal and unlike the work of any other photographer working today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.