Hassan Musa
Hassan Musa is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Southern France. Musa is considered an important contemporary African artist.Education
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.Work
Musa's large works are usually executed in textile ink 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 Édouard 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.
Musa is also a calligrapher, an engraver and has illustrated numerous books.
Musa is represented by Maïa Muller Gallery of Contemporary Art, Paris.Exhibitions
Alongside gallery exhibitions, Musa's works have been shown at:
