Contemporary African art since 1980 /

[S]urvey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations who work either in or outside of Africa, but whose practices engage and occupy the social and cultural complexities of the continent since the past 30 years.... Organized in chronological order,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Enwezor, Okwui
Other Authors:	Okeke-Agulu, Chika
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Bologna, Italy?] : Damiani, [2009]
Subjects:	Art, African > 20th century > Pictorial works. Art, African > 21st century > Pictorial works. Art, African > 20th century. Art, African > 21st century.

Table of Contents:

Situating contemporary African art : introduction
Frames of reference : between postcolonial utopia and postcolonial realism
Networks of practice : globalization, geopolitics, geopoetics
Politics, culture, critique
Archive, documentary, memory
Abstraction, figuration, and subjectivity
The body politic : difference, gender, sexuality
Work/plates.