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La Course: Scenes from the Ndiaw Macodou Diop Hippodrome: La Course : Scènes de l'hippodrome Ndiaw Macodou Diop

Forthcoming exhibition
17 July - 6 November 2026
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La Course: Scenes from the Ndiaw Macodou Diop Hippodrome, La Course : Scènes de l'hippodrome Ndiaw Macodou Diop

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In his debut exhibition with Galerie36, Senegalese photographer and horse breeder Moctar Ba turns his lens on the hippodromes he has known since childhood. La Course takes its name from the Thiès track, named for the legendary owner and descendant of Lat Dior. Shot in luminous black and white, Ba's photographs hold the weight of a practice the French colonial administration imposed and Senegalese families made their own — a story of lineage, resistance, and the quiet mastery of a world most will never enter.

Opening as Dakar prepares to host the  2026 Youth Olympic Games.

 



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Pour sa première exposition à Galerie36, le photographe et éleveur sénégalais Moctar Ba tourne son regard vers les hippodromes qu'il fréquente depuis l'enfance. La Course emprunte son nom à la piste de Thiès, baptisée du nom du légendaire propriétaire et descendant de Lat Dior. Dans un noir et blanc lumineux, les photographies de Ba portent le poids d'une pratique que l'administration coloniale française a imposée et que les familles sénégalaises ont faite leur — une histoire de filiation, de résistance, et de la maîtrise silencieuse d'un monde dans lequel la plupart n'entreront jamais. L'exposition ouvre alors que Dakar s'apprête à accueillir les Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse 2026.

 

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