Seyni Awa Camara, a sculptor whose clay creations made in a remote Senegalese town captured the European art world’s attention in the late ’80s and gained a vast following in the decades afterward, has died. DakArt News reported Camara’s death on social media on Sunday. Because Camara’s birth year has not definitively been reported, ARTnews was unable to determine her age. Working in Bignona, the Diola artist gained international recognition for her totem-like clay sculptures composed of stacked human bodies. The works were steeped in Camara’s spirituality, with the artist regularly drawing inspiration from a ram’s horn adorned with fabric she labeled a “genie,” according to André Magnin, a gallerist who helped introduce her to Europe. Related Articles “She talks to it and asks for permission to make new pieces,” Magnin told Artsy. “[Her community] hides her works because, in Bignona, her sculptures are scary. Seyni is also scary.” Working under the sign of Wolof gods, she believed her work was invested with the power to heal. She passionately labored over the surfaces of her …