Welcome In OUR collection of works
Over time, Eric Nathan, director of FMM, became passionate about different artistic movements present mainly in Africa. Discover the works present in the FMM premises as well as their authors.
Thandiwe Muriu, inspired by fashion magazine covers and her Kenyan heritage, highlights the natural beauty of African women. She photographs her subjects in intricately patterned fabrics reminiscent of traditional African textiles, creating visual illusions by using the same patterns for backgrounds. Awarded the People's Choice Award for Emerging Photographer of the Year at Photo London in 2020, her works often feature models with ornate hairstyles, exploring themes of black femininity and redefining beauty standards.
Prince Gyasi captures bold, stylized photographs of life in Accra with his iPhone, sometimes using digital manipulation. Her subjects are posed against colorful backgrounds, the ocean, corrugated iron huts and sunsets, highlighting contrasts in skin, outfit and environment. Fruits, umbrellas and fashion enrich the vibrant palettes, reflecting the community and landscape of Gyasi. Her aesthetic challenges traditional standards of beauty and fine art photography. Gyasi has exhibited in cities including Cape Town, Paris, Seattle and Miami. He is also co-founder of Boxed Kids, a charity helping to educate underprivileged youth in Accra.
Omar Victor Diop creates staged and theatrical photographs that highlight black historical narratives and trace diasporic legacies. In his famous series "Diaspora" (2014), Diop portrays himself as Africans often forgotten in 15th century European portraiture, mixing historical and contemporary elements. Her series “Liberty” (2016) recreates moments of black resistance across the diaspora. Born in Senegal, Diop gained notoriety in 2011 during the Rencontres de Bamako, the African Photography Biennale. He has exhibited in prestigious venues such as the Vitra Design Museum, the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Louis Vuitton Foundation and the Brooklyn Museum. Diop is also a successful editorial photographer, working for Madame Figaro and fashion brand Lancel.
Joseph Obanubi, a visual artist from Lagos, Nigeria, combines training in graphic design, advertising and art in his artistic practice. It merges digital and tactile experiences to create a balance between visual and spatial design. Obanubi mainly explores three ideologies: survival, interest and exploration. His work examines the complex relationships between identity, fantasy, play, technologies and globalization, reintegrating fragments of everyday life into new contexts. Drawing inspiration from illusion, "Black Speculative Art", African futurism and experimentation, Obanubi favors intermediate states and currently explores the concepts of heterotopias and utopias as spaces of imagination and liberation. His recent research includes humor, otherness and the concept of the "third place". To express his ideas, he uses various methods such as photography, collage and interviews, and is interested in music, performances, films, social media as well as African tales.
Timi Kakandar began his creative career soon after graduating from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria in 1999. He uses painting, drawing and collage to explore his fascination with human form in relation to the challenges, joy and socio-political issues that emanate from life and work in Africa. His recent works exude a deep intensity of bright colors and gestural lines that infuse a presence that powerfully engages the viewer. He reveals an ability to compose human forms with dramatic colors reminiscent of Fauvism.
Evans Mbugua was born in Kenya, where he lived happily until the age of nineteen. In 1999 he moved to France, where he has resided ever since. His cultural identity combines his childhood in his native English-speaking African country and his adult life in his adopted Western, French-speaking country. His artistic expression explores the experience of this hybrid identity. Mindful of his surroundings and sensitive to the complexity of human relationships, Evans' work examines the connections between people and places. “Everything I am comes from the experiences I have had – what I have smelled, tasted, heard or seen, what I have read, where I have been, who I have met…”. It creates visual memories to affirm presence and connections of existence.
This project collects and publishes photographs from Uganda's archives to recontextualize the country's history through photography and foster an ongoing dialogue on the accessibility and interpretation of historical narratives. Griffin's goal is to reach his audience by eliciting an empathetic response and encouraging them to actively engage with his works. By using familiar media formats, it hopes to offer new perspectives and reinforce a sense of shared humanity and collective consciousness.
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