Painted Frames - Malick Sidibé I asked them to wear

I asked them to wear dresses with walls and photographed them in their daily lives in New York

"I’ve made a large group of single paintings collectively called Studio Paintings

Inka Hilsenbek

and walks the streets of Tehran with ‘The Smarties’ – Gen Z women who colour and show their hair in defiance of the authorities

Painted Frames - Malick Sidibé I asked them to wearLoose Joints is honoured to announce Painted Frames, a little known collection of works by the late Malick Sidib. Known as the 'Eye of Bamako,' Sidib documented the lives, style, and energy of post independence Mali with unparalleled intimacy. His iconic black and white photographs, from the exuberant youth of Bamako's dancehalls to the self assured subjects in his studio, captured a nation defining itself in a moment of profound social and cultural