Previous edition: 1999. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
New genres : inventing African popular culture -- Africans photographed, African photographers -- Transforming the workshop -- Patrons and mediators -- Art and commodity -- The African artist : shifting identities in the Postcolonial world -- The idea of a national culture : decolonizing African art -- Migration and displacement -- The global contemporary art world and Africa.
Summary:
"In this revised and updated edition, ... Sidney Littlefield Kasfir examines the major themes, developments, and accomplishments in African art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Organized thematically, the book includes new chapters on the history of African photography and the growth of the global art market, alongside significant discussions of patronage, mediation, artistic training, and national and diaspora identities"--Publisher marketing.
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