The Prophecy
Fabrice Monteiro, Belgian-Beninese, born 1972
2013-2015
Digital print
Image: 15 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (40 × 50 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 28 3/4 in. (61 × 73 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange
2017.24.2
Geography
Place Made: Benin, Western Africa, Africa
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Africa
Photograph
Not on view
Label
Shot in different locations in Senegal, Fabrice Monteiro’s series The Prophecy highlights environmental degradation and speaks broadly to excessive consumption and the resulting waste produced around the world. Incorporating traditional African belief systems and storytelling, each of the photographs features a figure, which the artist considers a spirit, set in a polluted landscape. A local designer, Doulsy, created the figures’ elaborate costumes from detritus. These spirits highlight ecological crises, addressing specific issues such as plastic waste and global warming. While one may see these as images of potential futures, Monteiro argues: We already live in a dystopian world. When we are confronting an issue that is global, like what we are going through now with global warming, and then on the other side, nations are getting more and more ego-centric, to me it’s a total dystopian situation. From the 2019 exhibition New Landscapes: Contemporary Responses to Globalization, curated by Jessica Hong, Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art
Course History
ANTH 50.18, Anthropocene Imaginaries, Tracey Heatherington, Spring 2019
ENGL 75.2, Climate Fiction, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
FREN 2.03, Introductory French, Kelly McConnell, Fall 2019
SART 76, Senior Seminar, Enrico Riley, Winter 2022
FRENCH 11.01, Intensive French, Kelly McConnell, Winter 2022
GEOG 72.01/AAAS 67.50/WGSS 66.09, Black Consciousness Black Feminism, Abby Neely, Spring 2022
SART 30/SART 75, Photography II/III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2022
FREN 11.01, Intensive French, Kelly McConnell, Fall 2022
French 2.01, Introductory French II, Kelly McConnell, Winter 2023
French 2.02, Introductory French II, Kelly McConnell, Winter 2023
French 2.01, Introductory French II, Kelly McConnell, Spring 2023
French 2.02, Introductory French II, Kelly McConnell, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
New Landscapes: Contemporary Responses to Globalization, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 15-August 18, 2019.
Provenance
Mariane Ibrahim, Seattle, Washington; sold to present collection, 2017.
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