Nakunte Diarra (born c. 1941, died May 7, 2020)[1] was a Malian textile artist, a creator of bògòlanfini.

A member of the Bamana ethnolinguistic group, Diarra learned the basics of creating bògòlanfini from her grandmother when she was four years old.[1] She was based in Kolokani for much of her career,[2] but traveled twice to the US to give workshops and demonstrations of her technique.[3] In 1993, 30 of her works were displayed in a single-artist exhibition organized by the Indiana University Art Museum that also traveled to the Fashion Institute of Technology and beyond. In 1994, she was hosted in the Ohio home of Dr. Barbara G. Hoffman for a five-week residency at Cleveland State University[4] in conjunction with the exhibition of her work there and at the Cleveland Museum of Art. From Cleveland, the exhibition traveled to the Indianapolis Art Museum. Nine years later, she was a member of the artistic delegation sent by the Malian government to represent the art of bògòlanfini at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2003.[5][1] Her art was the subject of an article, "Nakunte Diarra: Bogolanfini Artist of the Bélédougou", published in the journal African Arts in 1994,[6] and of a DVD produced by Dr.Barbara G. Hoffman in 2005.[7] Two pieces by Diarra were commissioned for the collection of the Indiana University Art Museum,[8] while other cloths are in the collections of the National Museum of African Art,[9] the National Museum of Natural History,[10] the Cleveland Museum of Art,[11] the Newark Museum of Art and the National Museum of Mali.[5] Diarra's work was represented in the exhibition, "Earth Matters," at the National Museum of African Art in 2014.[12] Diarra was the subject of My Baby,[13] a children's book by Jeanette Winter, featuring a fictional account of the Malian artist as she created mudcloth during her pregnancy for her own child.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reif, Rita. "ARTS/ARTIFACTS; This Artist's Palette Contains Only African Mud". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Collections - National Museum of African Art". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Barbara G. Hoffman". academic.csuohio.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Art of African Mud Painting: Nakunte Diarra, Bogolanfini Artist of the Beledougou".
  5. 1 2 Stephen L. Esquith (28 February 2011). The Political Responsibilities of Everyday Bystanders. Penn State Press. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-0-271-03668-7.
  6. ↑ Imperato, Pascal James (1 April 1994). "Nakunte Diarra: Bogolanfini Artist of the Bélédougou". African Arts. 27 (2): 78. doi:10.2307/3337098. JSTOR 3337098. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Through the eyes of a master: Nakunte Diarra's bogolanfini. 18 September 2018. OCLC 64559382. Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  8. ↑ African Studies Program Newsletter. African Studies Association. 1991. pp. 216–. IND:30000008312393.
  9. ↑ "Collections - National Museum of African Art". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Great Washington Museums: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History". 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Display Cloth (tapis): Koumi Diosseni Kandian". 1987. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  12. ↑ Magee, Carol (2014). "Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa". African Arts. 47 (1): 82–84. doi:10.1162/AFAR_r_00124. S2CID 73631191.
  13. ↑ Winter, Jeanette (2001). My baby. New York: Frances Foster Books. ISBN 0-374-35103-1. OCLC 43936689.
  14. ↑ Pinder, Jeanne B. (12 August 2001). "Children's Books: Wrapper First, Baby Later". New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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