Contemporary African art since 1980 / Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu.
2009
N7391.65 .E59 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Contemporary African art since 1980 / Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu.
Author
Enwezor, Okwui.
ISBN
9788862080927 paperback
8862080921 paperback
8862080921 paperback
Publication Details
[Bologna] : Damiani, c2009.
Language
English
Description
367 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 32 cm.
Call Number
N7391.65 .E59 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
709
Summary
[S]urvey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations who work either in or outside of Africa, but whose practices engage and occupy the social and cultural complexities of the continent since the past 30 years.... Organized in chronological order, the book covers all major artistic mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, installation, drawing, collage.... Presents examples of ... work by more than 160 African artists.... [I]ncludes Georges Adeagbo Tayo Adenaike, Ghada Amer, El Anatsui, Kader Attia, Luis Basto, Candice Breitz, Moustapha Dimé, Marlene Dumas, Victor Ekpuk, Samuel Fosso, Jak Katarikawe, William Kentridge, Rachid Koraichi, Mona Mazouk, Julie Mehretu, Nandipha Mntambo, Hassan Musa, Donald Odita, Iba Ndiaye, Richard Onyango, Ibrahim El Salahi, Issa Samb, Cheri Samba, Ousmane Sembene, Yinka Shonibare, Barthelemy Toguo, Obiora Udechukwu, and Sue Williamson.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-359) and index.
Added Author
Okeke-Agulu, Chika.
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Table of Contents
Situating contemporary African art : introduction
Frames of reference : between postcolonial utopia and postcolonial realism
Networks of practice : globalization, geopolitics, geopoetics
Politics, culture, critique
Archive, documentary, memory
Abstraction, figuration, and subjectivity
The body politic : difference, gender, sexuality
Work/plates.
Frames of reference : between postcolonial utopia and postcolonial realism
Networks of practice : globalization, geopolitics, geopoetics
Politics, culture, critique
Archive, documentary, memory
Abstraction, figuration, and subjectivity
The body politic : difference, gender, sexuality
Work/plates.