African Artists
Hardback
From 1882 to Now
A groundbreaking A-Z appraisal of the work of over 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Africa
In recent years Africa s booming art scene has gained substantial global attention, with a growing number of international exhibitions and a stronger-than-ever presence on the art market worldwide. Here, for the first time, is the most substantial survey to date of modern and contemporary African-born or Africa-based artists. Working with a panel of experts, this volume builds on the success of Phaidon s bestselling Great Women Artists in re-writing a more inclusive and diverse version of art history.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781838662431
- Author: Phaidon Editors, Joseph L. Underwood, Chika Okeke-Agulu
- Pub date: 09.11.21
- RRP: $110.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Phaidon Editors, Joseph L. Underwood, Chika Okeke-Agulu
Conceived and edited by Phaidon editors.Chika Okeke-Agulu is Professor of African and African Diaspora Art at Princeton University. He is the author of several books including Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria (2015), and is a co-editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. Joseph L. Underwoodis a scholar and curator whose research addresses the transnational networks of modern and contemporary African art, with an emphasis on artists from Senegal.