Lot no. 399
Prince GYASI (1995, Ghana) "Purity", Print Photo justified 3/10 H: 90 cm, W: 66.5 cm Provenance: Galerie I-54, Contemporary African Art Fair (2013) Prince Gyasi's works are in the collections of : Jean Pigozzi , François Pinault Foundation for the Arts. La Fab (the Agnès b. Foundation) The exhibition entitled "L'enfance dans la collection Agnès b." (Childhood in the Agnès b. collection) was devoted to childhood and was held from 24 February to 30 June 2022 at La Fab in Paris. From 12 July to 21 August, her works were included in the group exhibition Bande-Annonce , organised at the Pôle d'art contemporain in Cannes and presenting part of Jean Pigozzi's collection of contemporary African art. Collaborations : A beautiful day in Accra In December 2018, he was commissioned by Apple Inc. to work on a project in Ghana called A Great Day In Accra to promote the Hiplife music genre in Ghana to the world. In December 2019, Prince was commissioned by GQ Style to photograph Burna Boy for their Summer/Spring 2020 issue in Ikoyi, Lagos. Prince was featured in Virgil Abloh's Spring/Summer 2021 collection for Off-White , which premiered on Imaginary TV in February. On 26 March 2021, Prince was commissioned by Madame Figaro France to photograph Naomi Campbell on the cover of that issue. In September 2021, Prince was commissioned by GQ magazine to photograph Wizkid for its October issue in Accra, Ghana. In autumn 2022, he was commissioned by Balmain's chief designer Olivier Rousteing to tell the story of The Little Prince through images he took for the autumn 2022 collection. In October 2022, he collaborated with Converse on their Create Now and Create Next campaign, in which he helped create the film. In 2024, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Cal , he became the first black photographer to produce an edition of the calendar. In January 2024, Prince collaborated with Balmain artistic director Olivier Rousteing to reproduce his images on clothing and transform them into garments
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Photographs and film
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06/12/2025
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