Author name:
Marie-Helene Boisdur de Toffol,
Joelle Busca,
Sabine Cornelis,
Elsbeth Court,
Francisco d'Almeida,
Etienne Feau,
Till Forster,
Joseph Gazari Seini,
Joanna Grabski,
Sigrid Horsch-Albert,
Bennetta Jules-Rosette,
George Kyeyune,
Alexandra Loumpet-Galitzine,
Marylin Martin,
Elikia M'Bokolo,
Simon Njami
Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.60904
EAN num: 9781891024382
ISBN number: 1891024388
Label: D.A.P./Editions Revue Noire
Manufacturer: D.A.P./Editions Revue Noire
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 408
Printing Date: May 15, 2002
Publishing house: D.A.P./Editions Revue Noire
Release Date: June 02, 2002
Sale Popularity Level: 261711
Studio: D.A.P./Editions Revue Noire
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Product Description:
The term 'Modern African Art' is not an abuse of language. The 20th century has seen, but not properly documented, the birth, development, and maturation of contemporary art in sub-Saharan Africa, an art which was not simply imported in the 1950s but which finds its sources both in colonial realities and in local cultures and civilizations. Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century does not propose to document any one African art, but rather to open up this vast but underexplored field to include a diverse theoretical, historical, geographical, and critical map of this dense and ancient region. Contributions by more than 30 international authors recount the birth of art schools in the 1930s, the development of urban design and public art, and the importance of socially-concerned art during the Independence movements. From Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the Belgian Congo to Ghana, Senegal, and Angola, through the works of hundreds of artists working in every conceivable medium and context, this anthology manages the continental and unique feat of providing a thorough, expansive, diversified, and fully illustrated history of African art in the 20th century. Since 1991, Paris-based Revue Noire Editions has dedicated itself to the multidisciplinary artistic production of the African continent and the African diaspora. Publishing houses of the critically-acclaimed An Anthology of African Photography, a comprehensive chronicle of African photography from the mid-1800s to the present, Revue Noire also produces a self-titled magazine devoted to contemporary African art and culture.
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