Geo-graphics : A map of art practices in Africa, past and present - Couverture souple

Adjaye, David; Bouttiaux, Anne-Marie; Kouoh, Koyo; Collectif

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8836616585 ISBN 13 : 9788836616589

Editeur : Silvana, 2010

Synopsis

GEO-graphics is based on a concept developed by artistic director David Adjaye, in which the artworks are grouped according to their geographic zones. This novel approach allows curators Anne-Marie Bouttiaux and Koyo Kouoh to place ethnographic masterpieces and works of contemporary art along a continuum, thereby creating a dialogue between the pieces from the RMCA and from other Belgian collections, both public and private, and the work of the eight art centres selected for the active role they are playing in the development of Africa's artistic landscape. These centres and the artists they work with throw new light on the ethnographic pieces, which we can now approach through a more urban perspective and with a heightened awareness of their contemporary manifestations. David Adjaye's scenography and his photographs of African capitals suggest the subtle but intimate ways through which cultural output and the urban environment intertwine. What emerges from the meeting of these various elements is a new, and different, history and cartography of Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of independence of sixteen African countries, the Centre for Fine Arts of Bruxelles in partnership with the Royal Museum of Central Africa organizes an exhibition that intends to be on one side a celebration of African artistic genius, its influence and dissemination in the world and on the other side will put the focus on the questions related to the display, conservation and valorization of its material expressions and heritage. A particular focus will be the vision of modern and contemporary artists on the masterpieces of African art as well as the evolution of private and public collections of them. The catalogue offers a series of different regards on the ethnographic objects and contemporary artworks selected for the exhibition and it is completed by biographical notes of the artists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Silvana
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 8836616585
• ISBN 13: 9788836616589
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible