In Senghor''s Shadow - Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 19601995

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Harney Klappentext "There is no book on any contemporary African art that even comes close to the richness and sophistication of this text."--Christopher Steiner, author of "African Art in Transit" Zusammenfassung An examination of visual art in post-independence Senegal. It explores the complex interplay of cultural nationalism! negotiations of postcolonial identity! and an emergent artistic modernism. Highlighting the distinctive cultural history that shaped Sengalese modernism! it reveals its innovations! diversity! and dynamism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xvii Preface xxi Introduction 1 1. Rhythm as the Architecture of Being: Reflections on un Âme Nègre 19 2. The École de Dakar: Pan-Africanism in Paint and Textile 49 3. Laboratories of Avant-Gardism 105 4. After the Avant-Garde 149 5. Passport to the Global Art World 217 Notes 243 Bibliography 289 Index 313

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Harney, Harney, Elizabeth Harney
• Assisted by: Thomas Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2004
• EAN: 9780822333951
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3395-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Objects/Histories; Objects/Histories: Critical Pe; Objects/Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)