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African cosmologies : photography, time, and the other / organized and edited by Mark Sealy, Steven Evans, Max Fields ; foreword, Steven Evans ; with essays and texts by Christine Eyene [and four others].
Fine Arts Library TR645.H8 F673 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- FotoFest Biennial (18th : 2020 : Houston, Tex.), issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Art, Modern--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Photography, Artistic--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Photography, time, and the other
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, NL : Schilt Publishing ; Houston, Tex. : FotoFest, [2020]
- Summary:
- Curated by renowned London-based curator, Mark Sealy MBE, the FotoFest Biennial 2020, 'African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other' brings together over 30 artists from around the globe whose works challenge traditional notions of Blackness and transnational histories in relation to concepts of liberty, rights, and representation. Taking its cues from John Coltrane's avant-garde jazz oeuvre, wherein formal modernisms of the past are made complex by radical imagination and black-futurity, this presentation of diverse ideas, artistic approaches, and material histories proposes a cosmological exploration of Africa and the contemporary African diaspora; one that defies easy categorization and spatial and temporal boundaries. In their unique practices, the featured artists turn an eye to social, cultural, and political conditions that inform and influence concepts of representation as they pertain to image production and circulation in Africa and beyond. These artists question the ways in which subjectivity is constructed and deconstructed by the camera, and in the process, reveal legacies of resistance by those who defy traditional ideas of sexual, racial, gender-based, and other marginalized identities.Produced in conjunction with the FotoFest Biennial 2020 exhibition, the 'African Cosmologies' book will feature essays by leading scholars in the fields of contemporary art, photography, and cultural studies. Images of installations, photography, film, and video works by artists will highlight the range of interdisciplinary approaches that are represented in the Biennial exhibition. Exhibition: FotoFest Biennial, Houston, USA (08.03.-19.04.2020).
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: From a letter by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to his daughters Maggie and Liza / Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other / Mark Sealy
- Artists
- Photography and the Substance of the Image / Olu Oguibe
- The Bamako Encounters: On the Possibility of Hope and the Future as Promise / Christine Eyene
- A Letter from Lagos / Azu Nwagbogu.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at FotoFest Biennial, Houston, USA, March 8-April 19, 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9053309322
- 9789053309322
- OCLC:
- 1120976560
- Publisher Number:
- 99990296547
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