ISBN:
158093370X
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9781580933704
Language:
English
Pages:
320 S.
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Ill.
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29 cm
DDC:
709.6
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2013
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Art, African Exhibitions 20th century
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Environment (Art) Exhibitions
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Landscapes in art Exhibitions
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Earthworks (Art) Exhibitions
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Land use In art
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Exhibitions
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Land-art
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Naturkunst
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In art Exhibitions
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Afrika
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Afrika
Abstract:
"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."--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes artist's statements by Wangechi Mutu, Clive Van den Berg, Alan deSouza and George Osodi
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-307) and index
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Catalog of an exhibition "Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, April 22 through January 5, 2014
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Chapter 1. The Material EarthChapter 2. The Power of the EarthThe Power of Earth in My Work
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Chapter 3. Imagining the UndergroundBreaking Surface
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Chapter 4. Strategies of the SurfaceWhere You Looking At?
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Chapter 5. Art as Environmental ActionMatter, Eco-Ethics, and Composite Space: Thoughts on My Pictorial Compositions
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Chapter 6. Earth Works.
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