David Adjaye's Geo-graphics : a map of art practices in Africa, past and present

David Adjaye (Author of introduction, etc.), Emiliano Battista (Editor), Anne-Marie Bouttiaux (Editor), Koyo Kouoh (Editor), Nicola Setari (Editor), Michael Breslin (Translator), Michael Lomax (Translator), Luisa Nitrato-Izzo (Translator), Scritum (Translator), Trista Selous (Translator), Palais des beaux-arts (Brussels, Belgium)

ISBN 10: 9074816355 / ISBN 13: 9789074816359

Published by Bozar - Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, 2010

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378 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 29 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, June 9-Sept. 26, 2010, as part of the Visionary Africa festival Includes essay by David Adjaye, artistic director of the exhibition Language Notes: Text in English; prefaces also in Dutch and French. Seller Inventory # 8BR702

Bibliographic Details

Title: David Adjaye's Geo-graphics : a map of art ...

Publisher: Bozar - Paleis voor Schone Kunsten

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Confronting contemporary African art's awkward coexistence with earlier African art as "ethnographic artifact," Geo-Graphics celebrates the flourishing of African art on the international circuit, while simultaneously asserting its ancestry and critiquing the valorization of heritage. David Adjaye's photographs of African capitals and an examination of contemporary African art centers further contextualize the continent's recent cultural transformations.

About the Author:

Emiliano Battista is a doctoral student in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven.