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Africa remix : contemporary art of a continent / [edited by] Simon Njami ; with essays by Lucy Durán [and others] ; and a dialogue between Marie-Laure Bernadac and Abdelwahab Meddeb.
LIBRA N7380 .A348213 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Afrika remix. Selections. English.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Art, African.
- Art, African--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, African--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, African--Exhibitions--20th century.
- Art, African--Exhibitions--21st century.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz ; New York : [Distributed by] D.A.P., [2005]
- Language Note:
- Abridged English version of the catalogue originally published in German under title: Afrika remix : zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents.
- Summary:
- Africa remix: contemporary art of a continent features the work of more than 80 artists from across Africa. Published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe, it includes painting, sculpture, installation, video, drawing, photography and design. This wide ranging and authoritative survey is an essential introduction to the art of a dynamic continent today.
- Contents:
- Chaos and metamorphosis / Simon Njami
- Africa, exhibitions and fears of the dark / David Elliott
- The reception of African art / Jean-Hubert Martin
- Africa begins in the north / dialogue between Marie-Laure Bernadac and Abdelwahab Meddeb
- Made in Africa / John Picton
- Ah-freak-iya: challenging perceptions of Africa's contemporary sounds / Lucy Durán
- Plates: introductions / by Simon Njami
- Identity & history
- Body & soul
- City & land.
- Notes:
- " ... published in conjunction with the exhibition ... Hayward Gallery, London, 10 February-17 April 2005"--Preliminary page.
- "Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, 24 July-7 November 2004; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 24 May-15 August 2005; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, May-August 2006"--Preliminary page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216).
- 其他题名:Contemporary art of a continent.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Afrika remix. English. Selections. Africa remix.
- ISBN:
- 3775714723
- 9783775714723
- OCLC:
- 58421393
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