Faulty Friendship: The Turtle and the Lizard, Ikwuakor Ugochukwu

Автор: Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C.
Название: Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art
ISBN: 0300246870 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300246872
Издательство: Wiley yUP
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Описание: An important investigation of the complicated relationship between canonical African art and the practices of contemporary African artists

Recognizing the second lives of historical African artworks when they enter museum collections and addressing them in dialogue with the works of six established and emerging African artists, this book represents how today's practitioners are reformulating the continent's artistic traditions to respond to the contemporary landscape. Historically, African art objects such as masks and sculptures were composed of a matrix of materials that included medicine bundles, raffia assemblage, hides, and metal, some or all of which were repurposed: a "second career" for the materials. This practice of transforming materials has wider cultural resonance in Africa today, where electronics, discarded engines, and rubber tires are incorporated by artisans into domestic and personal items. The contemporary African artists featured here--El Anatsui (Ghana), Nnenna Okore (Nigeria), Zohra Opoku (Ghana), Elias Sime (Ethiopia), Tahir Carl Karmali (Kenya), and Gon alo Mabunda (Mozambique)--reflect these dual traditions, reviving conceptual elements of historical African art by creating work that responds to the evolution of Africa's artistic traditions.

Автор: Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Thomas Fillitz
Название: Dak`Art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art
ISBN: 1350106496 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350106499
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: What can an art biennale in Dakar, Senegal, tell us about current discourses surrounding the place of art in the world, and in the academic study of anthropology? This volume investigates the Dak`Art biennale, ranked among the world`s top 20 biennials, drawing upon fieldwork, archival research, and the experiences of those involved.