African Art and Agency in the Workshop - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Art and Agency in the Workshop write by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir. This book was released on 2013-04-01. African Art and Agency in the Workshop available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Compelling case studies demonstrate how African workshops have long mediated collective expression and individual imagination.” —Allen F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles The role of the workshop in the creation of African art is the subject of this revelatory book. In the group setting of the workshop, innovation and imitation collide, artists share ideas and techniques, and creative expression flourishes. African Art and Agency in the Workshop examines the variety of workshops, from those which are politically driven or tourist oriented, to those based on historical patronage or allied to current artistic trends. Fifteen lively essays explore the impact of the workshop on the production of artists such as Zimbabwean stone sculptors, master potters from Cameroon, wood carvers from Nigeria, and others from across the continent. Contributions by Nicolas Argenti, Jessica Gershultz, Norma Wolff, Christine Scherer, Silvia Forni, Elizabeth Morton, Alexander Bortolot, Brenda Schmahmann, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Karen E. Milbourne and Namubiru Rose Kirumira “A closer examination of the workshop provides important insights into art histories and cultural politics. We may think we know what we mean when we use the term ‘workshop,’ but in fact the organization of groups of artists takes on vastly different forms and encourages the production of diverse styles of art within larger social structures and power dynamics.” —Victoria Rovine, University of Florida “Taken as a whole, the case studies provide a wide window into the very diverse structural and functional characteristics of workshops. They also clearly describe how African workshops have served both contemporary political and cultural needs and have responded to patronage, whether it be traditional or stimulated by tourism.” —African Studies Review
A Companion to Modern African Art
A Companion to Modern African Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to Modern African Art write by Gitti Salami. This book was released on 2013-12-24. A Companion to Modern African Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art
Visual Arts in Cameroon
Visual Arts in Cameroon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visual Arts in Cameroon write by Schemmel, Annette. This book was released on 2016-02-27. Visual Arts in Cameroon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the consolidation of the "Système de Grands Frères" in the 1970s to the emergence of more discursively oriented small artists' initiatives which responded to the growing NGO market of social practice art opportunities in the 2000s. Based on archival research, participant observation and in depth interviews with art practitioners in Douala and Yaoundé, this study is a must read for everyone who wants to better understand the vibrant artistic scenes in countries like Cameroon, which until today lack a proper state-funded infrastructure in the arts.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History
The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History write by John Parker. This book was released on 2013-10. The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa
The Art Market and the Global South
The Art Market and the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Art Market and the Global South write by . This book was released on 2023-08-07. The Art Market and the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the art markets of the Global South while questioning, based on the heterogeneity of the selected contributions, the very idea of its existence in the context of the global art market. Gathering new research by recognized scholars, you will discover different markets from the so-called Global South, their structure, the external determinants affecting their behavior, their role in the art system’s development, and how they articulate with other agents at the local, regional, and international level. In this publication, an important wealth of research on various African countries stands out, providing an unprecedented overview of the markets in that region. This volume originates from the TIAMSA conference The Art Market and the Global South: New Perspectives and Plural Approaches, held in Lisbon in 2019.
