"Collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez have donated 36 works by 14 artists from Africa and the African diaspora to Tate as part of an ongoing partnership between the Miami couple and the UK institution. The works include seven photographs by the Malian artist Seydou Keïta, three paintings by the Congolese artist Cheri Samba and a 1986 wooden plank hanging piece by El Anatsui of Ghana."
"Keĩta, meanwhile, was known for photographing a range of clients at his studio in Bamako, Mali, capturing sitters in works such as Untitled, Boy with Bicycle (1949-51) and Untitled (Man) ( 1952-75). "When works do come up at auction, it takes eagle eyed collectors to recognise that these examples of studio photography are rare social documents of African life during the post-colonial period," says Bonsu."
Collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez donated 36 works by 14 artists from Africa and the African diaspora to Tate, significantly broadening institutional holdings. The donation includes seven Seydou Keïta photographs, three Cheri Samba paintings, and a 1986 wooden-plank hanging by El Anatsui. Curator Osei Bonsu frames the acquisition as advancing Tate’s ambition to change art-historical dialogue and to promote artists overdue for institutional recognition. Several works fill clear collection gaps, notably Samba. Keïta’s studio portraits are identified as rare social documents of post-colonial African life. Joy Labinjo’s painting interrogates police authority through figurative portraiture.
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