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The Resource Contemporary African art since 1980, Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu

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

Label
Contemporary African art since 1980
Title
Contemporary African art since 1980
Statement of responsibility
Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Enwezor, Okwui
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Okeke-Agulu, Chika
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Art, African
  • Art, African
Label
Contemporary African art since 1980, Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-359) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
326552935
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
367 pages
Isbn
9788862080927
Lccn
2010370064
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)326552935
Label
Contemporary African art since 1980, Owkui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-359) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
326552935
Dimensions
32 cm
Extent
367 pages
Isbn
9788862080927
Lccn
2010370064
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)326552935

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