Tag: Awa

  • Remembering Richard Gorman, Seyni Awa Camara, and Björn Roth

    In Memoriam This week, we honor an Irish colorist, a Senegalese sculptor, and the steward of a family art dynasty, as well as two Florida Highwaymen. Richard Gorman with his work (undated) (photo courtesy Kerlin Gallery) In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. Richard Gorman (1946–2026)Irish read more

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    Remembering Richard Gorman, Seyni Awa Camara, and Björn Roth

  • Seyni Awa Camara, Sculptor Beloved by Artists Ranging from Louise Bourgeois to Pharrell, Has Died

    Seyni Awa Camara, a sculptor whose clay creations made in a remote Senegalese town captured the European art world’s attention in the late ’80s and gained a vast following in the decades afterward, has died. DakArt News reported Camara’s death on social media on Sunday. Because Camara’s birth year has not definitively been reported, ARTnews read more

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    Seyni Awa Camara, Sculptor Beloved by Artists Ranging from Louise Bourgeois to Pharrell, Has Died