Hassan Musa
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Hassan Musa is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Southern France
. Musa is considered an important contemporary African artist.
Musa earned a master's degree
from the College of Fine and Applied Art at the Sudan University of Science and Technology
, Khartoum
, Sudan, 1976 and a doctorate
in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Montpellier
, France, 1979.
on printed textile
, creatively blending the designs of the fabric with his own painting
.
In his art, which he claims should not be labelled as "African", Musa often appropriates classical Western masterpieces such as The Gleaners
by Jean-François Millet
or Olympia by Edouard Manet
. Confronting and mixing these classical images with latter-day icons such as Vincent van Gogh
, Josephine Baker
, Che Guevara
or Osama bin Laden
, Musa creates a critical view on western art, politics and culture.
Hassan Musa is also a calligrapher, an engraver and has illustrated numerous books.
The artist is represented by the Pascal Polar gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Southern France
Southern France , colloquially known as le Midi is defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy...
. Musa is considered an important contemporary African artist.
Musa earned a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
from the College of Fine and Applied Art at the Sudan University of Science and Technology
Sudan University of Science and Technology
Sudan University of Science and Technology, or SUST, is one of the main public universities in Khartoum, Sudan.It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World....
, Khartoum
Khartoum
Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
, Sudan, 1976 and a doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Montpellier
University of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier was a French university in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France. Its present-day successor universities are the University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III.-History:The university...
, France, 1979.
Work
Musa's large works are usually executed in textile inkInk
Ink is a liquid or paste that contains pigments and/or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing and/or writing with a pen, brush, or quill...
on printed textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
, creatively blending the designs of the fabric with his own painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
.
In his art, which he claims should not be labelled as "African", Musa often appropriates classical Western masterpieces such as The Gleaners
The Gleaners
The Gleaners is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray grains of wheat after the harvest...
by Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France...
or Olympia by Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
. Confronting and mixing these classical images with latter-day icons such as Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
, Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker was an American dancer, singer, and actress who found fame in her adopted homeland of France. She was given such nicknames as the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess"....
, Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist...
or Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
, Musa creates a critical view on western art, politics and culture.
Hassan Musa is also a calligrapher, an engraver and has illustrated numerous books.
The artist is represented by the Pascal Polar gallery, Brussels, Belgium.