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A World in Common

Contemporary African Photography
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Tate Modern Exhibition 6 July 2023 - 14 January 2024 Since the invention of photography in the nineteenth century, Africa has been defined largely by Western images of its cultures and traditions. From the colonial carte de visite and ethnographic archive to the rise of studio portraiture and social documents of racial surveillance, the fraught relationship between Africa and the photographic lens has become inseparable from the discourses of post-colonialism. Challenging these historical images of exoticism and otherness, this book illustrates how artists have used photography and video art to reimagine history and expand our understanding of contemporary realities. Bringing together a diverse range of artists and thinkers to present perspectives on issues such as spirituality, urbanism and climate change, this book reveals the many ways images travel across time and geography, and how artists are redefining perceptions of the world we inhabit.

Author Biography:

Osei Bonsu is Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, where he is responsible for organising exhibitions, developing the museum's collection and broadening the representation of artists from Africa and the African diaspora. In 2020, he was named as one of Apollo Magazine's '40 under 40' leading African voices. Bonsu is author of African Art Now (2022). Nomusa Makhubu is an art historian, artist and associate professor of art history and visual culture at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art. In 2020, she featured on Apollo Magazine's '40 under 40 Africa'. Jennifer Bajorek is a scholar and curator working at the intersection of literature, art, and media, with a geographic focus on contemporary Africa. She is currently Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Visual Studies at Hampshire College. Emmanuel Iduma is a Nigerian writer, editor, and photographer. Iduma is author of the novel The Sound of Things to Come (2016) and the non-fiction work A Stranger's Pose (2018). In 2020, he was listed in Apollo International Art Magazine's 40 under 40 Africa for the broad social impact of his work. He received a Windham-Campbell Prize for Literature (Non-fiction) in 2022. Sandrine Colard is Assistant Professor of Art History at Rutgers UniversityNewark, a writer and an independent curator. She specialises in modern and contemporary African arts and photography, with a focus on Central Africa.
Release date NZ
July 6th, 2023
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Contributions by Emmanuel Iduma
  • Contributions by Jennifer Bajorek
  • Contributions by Nomusa Makhabu
  • Contributions by Sandrine Colard
  • Edited by Osei Bonsu
Illustrations
Images all in copyright. We have cleared world English language only for up to 10,000 copies. Please check with editor (Emma P) and picture researcher (Emma O'N) before proceeding.; 250 Illustrations, unspecified
Pages
240
ISBN-13
9781849768528
Product ID
36030248

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