Authentic/Ex-centric: conceptualism in contemporary African art - Forum for African Arts 2001

Edited by Salah M. Hassan and Olu Oguibe, the essays in this book offer a fresh look at conceptualism from an African standpoint, and at issues of cross-cultural and trans-national aesthetics. They high light the reality of contemporary art practice as an internationalist project, which is part of a global currency, yet embodies a specificity to African History and experiences. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the 49th Venice Biennale, 2001, this book has offered a glimpse of the ways in which African and African diaspora artists have interpreted and translated the aesthetic and social experiences of post-colonial Africa into new idioms of artistic expression. 

Forum for African Arts - 2001
263p - EN - 16.9x20.9cm - softcover - very good condition