Entrée principale:

Enwezor, Okwui, author.

Titre et auteur:

Contemporary African art since 1980 / Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu.

Publication:

[Bologna] : Damiani, [2009]
©2009

Description:

367 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-359) and index.
Preface -- Part I: Defining and periodizing contemporary African Art since 1980. Situating contemporary African art : introduction ; Frames of reference : between postcolonial utopia and postcolonial realism ; Networks of practice : globalization, geopolitics, geopoetics -- Part II: Strategies and themes in the work of contemporary African artists. Politics, culture, critique ; Archive, documentary, memory ; Abstraction, figuration, and subjectivity ; The body politic : difference, gender, sexuality ; Work/plates -- Part III: Appendix. Compilation ; Bibliography / compiled by Bukola Gbadegesin ; Checklist.

Résumé:

The first comprehensive survey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations;artists whose practices engage the aesthetic, social, cultural and geopolitical upheavals and complexities of the continent and the world during the past thirty years. ... This book covers the spectrum of contemporary artistic media, from painting, sculpture, drawing, and collage, to photography, video, installation, and performance. ... Lavishly illustrated, this book offers compelling and vivid examples of work by 157 of the most notable African artists of the past three decades. ... [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.

Ressources:
TOC

ISBN:

9788862080927 (pbk.)
8862080921 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Art, African 20th century Catalogs.
Art, African 21st century Catalogs.
Art africain 20e siècle Catalogues.
Art africain 21e siècle Catalogues.
Africa.
visual arts.
pictorial works (form)
Art, African Catalogs. 20th century.
Art, African Catalogs. 21st century.
Art, African
Kunst
Afrika

Classification/genre:

Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Vedettes secondaires:

Okeke-Agulu, Chika, author.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 316396
Cote: 316396
Exemplaire: 1
Statut: Disponible