Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa - Couverture rigide

Milbourne, Karen E.

 
9781580933704: Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 158093370X ISBN 13 : 9781580933704
Editeur : The Monacelli Press, 2013

Synopsis

Featuring more than 100 extraordinary works of art from 1800 to the present, Earth Matters reveals how African individuals and communities have visually mediated their most poignant relationships with the land―whether it be to earth as a sacred or medicinal material, as something uncovered by mining or claimed by burial, as a surface to be interpreted and turned to for inspiration, or as an environment to be protected. Both internationally recognized and emerging contemporary artists are represented, from the continent and diaspora, including El Anatsui, Ghada Amer, Sammy Baloji, Ingrid Mwangi and William Kentridge. Highlights include a pair of rare Yoruba onile figures, a one-of-a-kind Punu reliquary from Gabon, and 3 bocio figures from the personal collection of legendary French dealer Jacques Kerchache. The text includes statements by contemporary African artists including Wangechi Mutu, Clive van den Berg, Allan de Souza, and George Osodi. National Museum of African Art curator Karen E. Milbourne explores how diverse African concepts of healing, the sacred, identity, memory, history, and environmental sustainability have all been formed in relation to the land in this pioneering scholarly study.

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À propos de l?auteur

Karen E. Milbourne is curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Formerly she was associate curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. She has contributed to African Cosmos: Stellar Arts (The Monacelli Press, 2012).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

African art seen in relation to African concepts of the earth.

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Éditeur
The Monacelli Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
158093370X
ISBN 13 
9781580933704
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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