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Sans Titre 5

Photograph

Joana Choumali is an Ivorian photographer who lives and works in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Her body of work centres on conceptual portraits, mixed media and documentary photography. She was awarded the Prix Pictet – the prestigious international prize for photography and sustainability exhibited at the V&A in 2019 – for her series Ça va aller. The V&A was pleased to acquire four photographs from this series for the permanent collection.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Woman Artist
Woman Photographer
Object type
Photograph
TitleSans Titre 5
Materials and techniques
Inkjet prints on cotton canvas, hand embroidered with cotton, lurex and wool thread.
Brief description
'Sans Titre 5' from the series Ça va aller, 2019 by Joana Choumali
Dimensions
  • Height: 24cm (Note: Paper size)
  • Width: 24cm (Note: Paper size)
  • Height: 43cm (Note: Frame size)
  • Width: 43cm (Note: Frame size)
Gallery label
(15/06/2023)
These photographs were taken three weeks after the terrorist attacks in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire in March 2016. Choumali wandered the streets of the empty town, capturing her surroundings with her iPhone. She then printed the photographs and embroidered them to process her pain. For Choumali, ‘the town’s energy was different, as if life was painfully running in melancholic slow motion. Adding embroidery was an act of channelling hope and resilience’. Energy bursts out of the pictures, each colourful thread imbuing them with a new sense of optimism.
Credit line
Purchased through the Prix Pictet Fund
Summary
Joana Choumali is an Ivorian photographer who lives and works in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Her body of work centres on conceptual portraits, mixed media and documentary photography. She was awarded the Prix Pictet – the prestigious international prize for photography and sustainability exhibited at the V&A in 2019 – for her series Ça va aller. The V&A was pleased to acquire four photographs from this series for the permanent collection.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
PH.93-2022

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Record createdNovember 25, 2020
Record URL
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