African Art Now

Author : Sue Williamson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780062043474

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South African Art Now by Sue Williamson Pdf

Described by international curator Okwui Enwezor as "one of the most dynamic and vigorous spaces of artistic practice," contemporary South African art is an exciting, emerging scene that is attracting the attention of international museums, curators, and collectors today. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success. This book covers forty years of art history, from the dark years of apartheid, which saw the rise of resistance art, to the long-awaited achievement of freedom in 1994, to the present-day struggles for reconciliation and transformation. Through it all, the engaged, powerful work of these artists provided a mirror for society. Including a compelling foreword by Nobel Prize-winning writer Nadine Gordimer, South African Art Now is a must-have resource for collectors, curators, and anyone interested in the pulse of international contemporary art.

Author : Osei Bonsu
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781797221014

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African Art Now by Osei Bonsu Pdf

This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in mainstream press, it has become impossible to overlook the cultural significance of contemporary African art today. Author and curator Osei Bonsu's engaging profiles of leading African artists—along with gorgeous full-color reproductions of their work—introduce readers to a generation of movers and shakers whose innovative artwork reflects on Africa as both an idea and an experience. Using diverse forms, languages, and expressions to articulate what it means to be a part of the world, these artists generate alternate histories and imaginative futures—work that is both personal and political, universal and incredibly specific. Their work helps define contemporary African art as a vast artistic and cultural movement. STELLAR ROSTER OF ARTISTS: Amoako Boafo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Bronwyn Katz—from household names to up-and-coming artists, African Art Now features some of the most exciting artists working today. IMPORTANT AND TIMELY: Over the past two decades, contemporary African art has become part of the global mainstream, inspiring countless exhibitions, fairs, and auctions around the world. And yet, African art remains overlooked as an area of dedicated study due to continued academic and cultural bias. This book shines a spotlight on the artists whose wide-ranging accomplishments represent the shifting dynamics and boundless possibilities of African art today. Perfect for: Artists, art collectors, art lovers, and museumgoers Educators and students Anyone interested in learning about contemporary African art

Author : Joseph L. Underwood,Phaidon Press,Chika Okeke-Agulu
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : ART
ISBN : 183866243X

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African Artists by Joseph L. Underwood,Phaidon Press,Chika Okeke-Agulu Pdf

In recent years Africa's booming art scene has gained substantial global attention, with a growing number of international exhibitions and a stronger-than-ever presence on the art market worldwide. Here, for the first time, is the most substantial survey to date of modern and contemporary African-born or Africa-based artists. Working with a panel of experts, this volume builds on the success of Phaidon's bestselling Great Women Artists in re-writing a more inclusive and diverse version of art history.

Author : Chris Spring
Publisher : Laurence King
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-22
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015076142655

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Angaza Africa by Chris Spring Pdf

Africa's artistic landscape is immensely fertile. It has emerged from its colonial past, and is once again asserting its own identity.

Author : Olu Oguibe,Okwui Enwezor
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028533532

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Reading the Contemporary by Olu Oguibe,Okwui Enwezor Pdf

In the past decade, contemporary African art has been featured in major exhibtions in museums, galleries, international biennials, and other forums. African cinema has established itself on the stage of world cinema, culminating in the Ouagadougou Film Festival. While African art and visual culture have become an integral part of the art history and cultural studies curricula in universities worldwide, critical readings and interpretations have remained difficult to obtain. This pioneering anthology collects twenty key essays in which major critical thinkers, scholars, and artists explore contemporary African visual culture, locating it within current cultural debates and within the context of the continent's history. The sections of the book are Theory and Cultural Transaction, History, Location and Practice, and Negotiated Identities. Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London

Author : Okwui Enwezor,Chika Okeke-Agulu
Publisher : Damiani Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 8862080921

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Contemporary African Art Since 1980 by Okwui Enwezor,Chika Okeke-Agulu Pdf

[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..

Author : Judith B. Hecker
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870707568

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Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now by Judith B. Hecker Pdf

Encompassing black-and-white linoleum cuts made at community art centres in the 1960s and 1970s, resistance posters and other political art of the 1980s, and the wide variety of subjects and techniques explored by artists in printships over the last two decades, printmaking has been a driving force in contemporary South African artistic and political expression. Impressions from South Africa: 1965 to Now, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, introduces the vital role of printmaking through works by more than twenty artists in the Museum's collection. The volume features prints by John Muafangejo and Dan Rakgoathe, a selection of posters produced for anti-apartheid coalitions in the 1980s, and nuanced political work by SueWilliamson, Norman Catherine andWilliam Kentridge. The book features many more recent projects, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of the medium in South Africa today. The work, presented in a generous plate section, is contextualized in an introduction by Judith B. Hecker, and accompanied by brief biographies of the artists, a timeline of relevant events in South African history, and a selected bibliography.

Author : Christopher B. Steiner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521457521

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African Art in Transit by Christopher B. Steiner Pdf

African Art in Transit is an absorbing account of the commodification and circulation of African art objects in the international art market. Christopher Steiner's analysis of the role of the African middleman in linking those who produce and supply works of art in Africa with those who buy and collect so-called 'primitive' art in Europe and America is based on extensive field research among the art traders in Côte d'Ivoire. Steiner provides a lucid interpretation which reveals not only a complex economic network with its own internal logic and rules, but also an elaborate process of transcultural valuation and exchange. By focusing directly on the intermediaries in the African art trade, he unveils a critical new perspective on how symbolic codes and economic values are mediated in the context of shifting geographic and cultural domains. He questions conventional definitions of authenticity in African art by demonstrating how the categories 'authentic' and 'traditional' are continually redefined.

Author : Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781444338379

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A Companion to Modern African Art by Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona Pdf

Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art

Author : Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780252052156

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African Art Reframed by Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn Pdf

Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa. The authors take a three-pronged approach. Part One ranges from curiosity cabinets to virtual websites to offer a history of ethnographic and art museums and look at their organization and methods of reaching out to the public. In the second part, the authors examine museums as ecosystems and communities within communities, and they use semiotic methods to analyze images, signs, and symbols drawn from the experiences of curators and artists. The third part introduces innovative strategies for displaying, disseminating, and reclaiming African art. The authors also propose how to reinterpret the art inside and outside the museum and show ways of remixing the results. Drawing on extensive conversations with curators, collectors, and artists, African Art Reframed is an essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art.

Author : André Magnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015060643627

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African Art Now by André Magnin Pdf

Published to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 29 January - 8 May 2005.

Author : Michael D. Harris,Moyosore Benjamin Okediji
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015050473571

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Transatlantic Dialogue by Michael D. Harris,Moyosore Benjamin Okediji Pdf

Collected in this book are 24 color reproductions of the art of seven African artists, and seven African American artists. Paintings, mixed media, sculptures, and ceramics reflect issues of identity while expressing beauty, pulsating rhythms, and a sense of improvisation among bursts of color and quieter, more contemplative moments.

Author : Pamela McClusky,Robert Farris Thompson,Seattle Art Museum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691092753

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Art from Africa by Pamela McClusky,Robert Farris Thompson,Seattle Art Museum Pdf

"The authors draw on personal memories, interviews, and oral narratives to present twelve "case histories" of objects--or clusters of objects-- in the Seatle Art Museum's renowned collection of African art."

Author : Frank Willett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art, African
ISBN : OCLC:213710459

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AFRICAN ART. by Frank Willett Pdf

Author : Sue Williamson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780062043474

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South African Art Now by Sue Williamson Pdf

Described by international curator Okwui Enwezor as "one of the most dynamic and vigorous spaces of artistic practice," contemporary South African art is an exciting, emerging scene that is attracting the attention of international museums, curators, and collectors today. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success. This book covers forty years of art history, from the dark years of apartheid, which saw the rise of resistance art, to the long-awaited achievement of freedom in 1994, to the present-day struggles for reconciliation and transformation. Through it all, the engaged, powerful work of these artists provided a mirror for society. Including a compelling foreword by Nobel Prize-winning writer Nadine Gordimer, South African Art Now is a must-have resource for collectors, curators, and anyone interested in the pulse of international contemporary art.