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The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in transport and logistics, knows how to take advantage of its experience for exceptional loads, such as when transporting the works of the artist Ousmane SOW from Senegal to France.
These sculptures will be the centerpieces of an exhibition starting in July 2021 at the Mont-Dauphin site in the French Alps.
For this operation, the CMA CGM group has established a collaboration with the National Center of Monuments of France, as well as with the embassies of France and Senegal, in order to guarantee the transport of 35 works from the series “The Battle of Little BigHorn ”In the best conditions.
These sculptures are gigantic statues with an iron frame covered in clay and weighing between 90 and 200 kilos. Loaded in three CMA CGM containers in March to arrive in France recently.
Through this exceptional operation, which pays tribute to the universality of Ousmane SOW’s work, the CMA CGM Group participates in cultural cooperation between France and Senegal and supports the world image of Senegalese art.
For the next 10 years, the sculptures will be exhibited in the Mont-Dauphin fort, a fortress erected by the famous French military architect Vauban during the 17th century and now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Ousmane SOW
Born on October 10, 1935 and died on December 1, 2016 in Dakar, his career as an artist was as short as it was dazzling. Ousmane SOW did not agree to reveal his work for the first time until he was fifty. His “Nubas” sculptures were immediately recognized and are, today, an emblem of his art. Presented in 1987 at the French Cultural Center in Dakar, the Nubes were exhibited in 1992 at the Document in Kassel, and in 1995 at the Venice Biennale.
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