When we see us : a century of black figuration in painting / edited by Koyo Kouoh ; with contributions by Ken Bugul, Tandazani Dhlakama, Bill Kouélany, Robin Coste Lewis, Maaza Mengiste.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, 19 November 2022 - 3 September 2023. Includes index. Artists include: Nina Chanel Abney ; Olusegun Adejumo ; Tunji Adeniyi-Jones ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Maxwell Alexandre ; Tiffany Alfonseca ; Benny Andrews ; Anjel (Boris Ange) ; Cornelius Annor ; Gideon Appah ; Michael Armitage ; Johnny Arts ; Maria Auxiliadora da Silva ; Malang Badji ; Firelei Báez ; Romare Bearden ; Tizta Berhanu ; Willie Bester ; Gerard Bhengu ; Wilson Bigaud ; John Thomas Biggers ; Amoako Boafo ; Kwesi Botchway ; Marcus Brutus ; Margaret Taylor Burroughs ; Dominc Chambers ; Chéri Chérin ; Caitlin Cherry ; Kudzanai Chiurai ; Peter Clarke ; Eldzier Cortor ; Somaya Critchlow ; Beauford Delaney ; Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux ; Aboubacar Diané ; Aaron Douglas ; Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse ; Edouard Duval-Carrié ; Ibrahim El-Salahi ; Ben Enwonwu ; Esiri Erheriene-Essi ; Patrick Eugène ; Scherezade García ; Ablade Glover ; Cherdai Hassell ; Barkley L. Hendricks ; Lubaina Himid ; Albert Huie ; Clementine Hunter ; Kudzanai-Violet Hwami ; Gavin Jantjes ; William H. Johnson ; Charles Kamangwana ; Kangudia ; Ibrahima Kébé ; Amon Kotei ; Joy Labinjo ; Wifredo Lam ; YoYo Lander ; Akinola Lasekan ; Jacob Lawrene ; Petson Lombe ; Sahara Longe ; Zemba Luzamba ; Dindga McCannon ; Danielle McKinney ; Mustafa Maluka ; Marvelous Mangena ; Armando Mariño ; Arjan Martins ; No Martins ; Wangari Mathenge ; Neo Matioga ; Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne ; George Mbugua ; Kivuthi Mbuno ; Zachariah Mbutha ; Manuel Mendive ; Luis Meque ; Roméo Mivekannin ; Sungi Mlengeya ; Sphephelo Mnguni ; Moké ; Meleko Mokgosi ; Archibald J. Motley Jr. ; Richard Mudariki ; Geoffrey Mukasa ; Cinthia Sifa Mulanga ; Theresa Mungure ; Lavar Munroe ; Ian Mwesiga ; Cassi Namoda ; Eric Ndlovu ; Chemu Ng'ok ; Malangatana Ngwenya ; Nicholous Njau ; Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi ; Eria Nsubuga 'Sane' ; Nestor Vuza Ntoko ; Boris Nzebo ; Antônio Obá ; Antoine Obin ; Philomé Obin ; Télémaque Obin ; Abe Odedina ; Toyin Ojih Odutola ; Fred Oduya ; Chris Ofili ; Augustine Okoye ; Kambui Olujimi ; Eniwaye Oluwaseyi ; Bruce Onobrakpeya ; Richard Onyango ; Marc Padeu ; Zéh Palito ; Emma Pap̕ ; Karl Parboosingh ; George Pemba ; Thebe Phetogo ; Naudline Pierre ; Prosper Pierre-Louis ; Horace Pippin ; Maria Magdalena Campos Pons ; Heitor dos Prazeres ; Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe ; Jeremiah Quarshie ; Robert Saidi ; Chéri Samba ; Kingsley Sambo ; Cinga Samson ; Mmapula Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi ; Gerard Sekoto ; Tschabalala Self ; Amy Sherald ; Devan Shimoyama ; Monsengo Shula ; Alex Shyngle ; Sthembiso Sibisi ; Ancent Soi ; Olivier Souffrant ; Moustapha Souley ; Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum ; Nirit Takele ; Matundu Tanda ; Henry Taylor ; Alfred Thoba ; Mickalene Thomas ; Bob Thompson ; Edward Saidi Tingatinga ; Katlego Tlabela ; Benedito José Tobias ; Cyprien Tokoudagba ; Mose Tolliver ; Zandile Tshabalala ; Didier Viodé ; Sane Wadu ; Charles White ; Kehinde Wiley ; Richard Witikani ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye ; Daniela Yohannes.
Contents:
Introduction / Koy Kouoh -- The everyday. Seeing ourselves / Tandazani Dhlakama ; Plates -- Joy and revelry. But you amaze me / Maaza Mengiste ; Plates -- Respose. Dispossession and possession / Ken Bugul ; Plates -- Sensuality. Organic / Bill Kouélany ; Plates -- Spirituality. Plastic / Bill Kouélany ; Plates -- Triumph and emancipation. Poems / Robin Coste Lewis ; Plates -- Artist's biographies.
Summary:
"This major new study of Black figurative art and self-representation from Africa and the African diaspora features more than 200 paintings by 161 artists. These carefully selected works explore the many ways in which artists have imagined, positioned, remembered and asserted African and diasporic experiences from the early 20th century to now. In particular, they demonstrate how painters have contributed to the ongoing discussions around pan-Africanism, civil rights, African liberation and independence, the Anti-Apartheid and Black Consciousness movements, Black Lives Matter and, more recently, Afropolitanism. A series of thematic sections--on subjects such as sensuality, spirituality and emancipation--is interspered with specially commissioned stories and poems by leading writers Ken Bugul, Maaza Mengiste, Bill Kouélany and Robin Coste Lewis. These percipient reflections on the Black experience work with the paintings to deepen the debate about Black subjectivity."--back cover.
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