Art Criticism and Africa | 9781872843131
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- Parent Category: Saffron Catalogue
- Category: Saffron African Art & Society Series
Art Criticism and Africa (ISBN 9781872843131), published in 1997, is the inaugural series in Saffron African Art and Society Series, with contributions from Fatma Ismail Afifi, Katy Deepwell (editor of the volume), David Koloane, Murray McCartney,Tony Mhonda, Barbara Murray, Everlyn Nicodemus, Olu Oguibe, Chika Okeke, Ola Oloidi, John Picton, Colin Richards, George Shire and Ola Bisi Silva.
About Art Criticism and Africa
Published in conjunction with the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), the book is focused on contemporary art and art criticism in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt.
The essays in the book shed light on many institutional and administrative issues in contemporary culture: highlighting the role of public and private galleries, art magazines, the press, art schools, groups of artists and critics and the work of government. This ground-breaking work has received wide acclaim from critics and educators.
The contributors include, aside from Katy Deepwell who has written the introduction, Olabisi Silva on africa95: Cultural colonialism or cultural celebration?; John Picton on the wider picture in an essay titled, Yesterday's cold mashed potatoes; Everlyn Nicodemus on The art critic as advocate; Ola Oloidi on art criticism in Nigeria in the period from 1920 to 1996; Murray McCartney on the role of the art critic in Zimbabwe; Barbara Murray on the evolution of the Gallery magazine in Zimbabwe; Tony Mhonda on the role the art critic as an advocate of art; David Koloane on the purpose of art criticism; Colin Richards on art criticism in South Africa; Chika Okeke on art criticism of accommodation; Fatma Ismail Afifi on the Kom Ghorab project in Cairo; Olu Oguibe on the new millennium and George Shire's response to his essay.
Readership level: General to Professional to Postgraduate
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments by the Series Editor
- Heather Waddell | Tribute to Jock Whittet 1913-1996
- Katy Deepwell | Introduction
- Olabisi Silva | africa95: Cultural colonialism or cultural celebration
- John Picton | Yesterday's cold mashed potatoes
- Everlyn Nicodemus | The art critic as advocate
- Ola Oloidi | Art criticism in Nigeria, 1920-1996: the development of professionalism in the media and the academy
- Murray McCartney | The art critic as advocate: a Zimbabwean perspective
- Barbara Murray | Art criticism for whom? The experience of the Gallery magazine in Zimbabwe
- Tony Mhonda | Art critic as advocate
- David Koloane | Art criticism for whom?
- Colin Richards | Peripheral vision: Speculations on art criticism in South Africa
- Chika Okeke | Beyond either/or: Towards an art criticism of accommodation
- Fatma Ismail Afifi | The Kom Ghorab project in Cairo
- Olu Oguibe | Thoughts towards a New Century
- George Shire | Art criticism of Africa outside of Africa: A reply to Olu Oguibe
- Contemporary art in Africa | A select bibliography
- Tribute to Stephen Williams
- Index
| Bibliographical Information | |
|---|---|
| Published | London: 1997 |
| Published by | Saffron Books [EAP London] |
| Edition | First Edition |
| ISBN-13 | 9781872843131 |
| ISBN-10 | 1872843131 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Illustrations, Colour & B&W | 38, 16 in colour |
| Binding | Laminated soft Cover |
| Size | 250mm(h)x200mm |
| Spine [mm] | 12mm |
| Shipping Weight [grams] | 600 |
| Distributed by | Saffron Distribution |
