Namsa Leuba: Crossed Looks

Namsa Leuba: Crossed Looks is the first artist monograph featuring the work of Swiss-Guinean artist Namsa Leuba. This publication accompanies the first solo exhibition of Namsa Leuba in the United States, at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, South Carolina on August 27 û December 11, 2021. Crossed Looks features LeubaÆs major projects to date, including photography series in Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria, Benin, and the debut of a new series recently made in Tahiti. The exhibition and publication consider how LeubaÆs photographic practice explores the representation of African identity and the cultural Other in the Western imagination. Over 90 photographs inspired by the visual culture and ceremonies of West Africa, contemporary fashion and design, and the history of photography and its colonizing gaze present LeubaÆs unique perspective that straddles reality and fantasy. Through the adaptation of myths attributed to the Other, LeubaÆs photographs acknowledge this double act of lo