Maureen Murphy is an art historian, Professor of global art history and African art at Paris 10 University and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research focuses on global modernisms, colonial and postcolonial history, as well as on the history of exhibitions and biennials. She is the author of several books, including L’art de la décolonisation. Paris-Dakar 1950-1970, Dijon, Les Presses du reel, 2023 (forthcoming from Manchester University Press) and with Mamadou Diouf (ed.), Déborder la négritude. Art, politique et société à Dakar, Dijon, Les Presses du réel, 2020.
“Seyni Awa Camara doesn’t belong to any artistic school,” wrote art critic Massamba Mbaye in 2016. She resists any classification and has always considered herself a singular artist, whether in the context of her own country or in that of the international art…
