Art world city : the creative economy of artists and urban life in Dakar / Joanna Grabski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabski, Joanna, author.

Series:

African expressive cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dak'art (Exhibition).

Art, Modern--21st century.

Art, Modern.

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Senegalese--21st century.

Art, Senegalese.

Art, Senegalese--20th century.

Artists--Senegal--Dakar.

Artists.

Art--Senegal--Dakar--Exhibitions.

Art.

Senegal--Dakar.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 307 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Art World City' focuses on contemporary art and artists in the city of Dakar, a famously thriving art metropolis in the West African nation of Senegal. Joanna Grabski illuminates how artists earn their livelihoods from the city s resources, possibilities, and connections. She examines how and why they produce and exhibit their work and how they make an art scene and transact with art world mediators such as curators, journalists, critics, art lovers, and collectors from near and far. Grabski shows that Dakar-based artists participate in a platform that has a global reach. They extend Dakar's creative economy and the city's urban vibe into an "art world city."

Contents:

Introduction. Dakar's art world city

Making the city's scene: visibility, exhibition culture, and mediatization

Mapping the Dak'art Biennale in Dakar

A place from which to speak: artists' studios as infrastructure of opportunity

From street to studio: sourcing the materials for art from urban life

Picturing the city

Market space and urban space: the business of selling art in the city

Epilogue. Reflections on Dakar's art world city: infrastructures, vision-oriented subjectivities, and implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Grabski, Joanna. Art world city.

ISBN:

9780253026057

0253026059

OCLC:

958479341