Art - African

This is the first monograph on the internationally acclaimed Ivorian-American contemporary artist Aboudia. Aboudia (b. 1983) draws inspiration from local street culture in his hometown of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The artist is famous for his heavily layered, brutally energetic paintings that combine an innocence...

A sophisticated publication dedicated to one of the most astonishing collections of African art. This book presents a variety of ritual figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Figurative sculpture is considered the best expression of African ritual arts and was one of the...

The highly anticipated second volume to the widely acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness In Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II, Zanele Muholi explores and expands upon new personas and poetic interpretations of personhood, queerness, Blackness, and...

How modern and contemporary artists across the African and Caribbean diasporas transformed European Surrealism into a tool for Black expressionOn the centennial anniversary of André Breton's first Surrealist Manifesto, Surrealism and Us shines new light on how Surrealism was consumed and transformed in the...

A profound artistic exploration of African leadership. Be your best. This is the quest that the greatest of heroes model for us. Through their journeys, struggles, and triumphs, these individuals exemplify values that we celebrate in tales of heroic accomplishment--epics that outlast heroes themselves....

This book presents a remarkable collection amassed by a knowledgeable and impassioned art lover that combines sensitivity with quality - a quality of forms meticulously selected among different African cultures. Text in English and French.Author: Francois NeytISBN-10: 887439831XISBN-13: 9788874398317Publisher: 5 Continents EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2019Pages:...

Colonialism and its centuries-long impact on visual culture, from Joshua Reynolds to John AkomfrahInformed by ongoing research, this handsome publication features the work of artists connected with the Royal Academy in an exploration of migration, exchange, artistic traditions, identity and belonging. Contemporary and historical...

"Benos-Amos opens for the reader richly detailed adn nuanced vistas into the intellectual and cultural history of one of the major kingdoms of precolonial West Africa." -- African Studies Review"The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent...

Black Therapy was inspired by events related to being a black man in america, black topics in the media, police brutality, experiencing racism and prejudices, and personal experiences being a black male in the world aiming to be successful but enduring obstacles of proving...

70 images of African artwork to color, in a large soft glossy cover book - 8.5" x 11" On good quality paper with a blank page in between each image to allow for any possible ' bleed through' if you choose to work in...

Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances? Why do we find...

A landmark survey of the artistic traditions and cross-cultural exchange of Ethiopia, from the early centuries of our era to today This monumental volume celebrates the artistic traditions of Ethiopia from their origins to the present day, spanning over 1,700 years of history. Seated...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Highlighting a corporate collection's recent acquisitions from artists across the African diasporaThis survey highlights the last decade of acquisitions made by Deutsche Bank, many of which are by artists from Africa or of African descent, with a particular focus on personal narratives. Artists include:...

EASY SOUP COOKBOOKThe Complete Cookbook To Learn How To Make Soup Guide With Over 100 Delicious And Tasty Soup RecipesLearn delicious soup making secrets with over 100 Quick and Easy Recipes Soup is a fundamentally fluid nourishment, for the most part served warm or...

Symbolism in Art is a comprehensive guide to understanding the use of symbols in art. Written by Clara Erskine Clement, an American author and art historian, the book explores the meaning and significance of various symbols used by artists throughout history. Clement begins by...

Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film.Volume Two of this landmark series on African cinema is devoted to the decolonizing mediation of the Pan African...

Hieronimus Bosch: His Paintings is a comprehensive book written by art historian Howard Daniel that delves into the life and works of the Dutch painter Hieronimus Bosch. The book provides a detailed analysis of Bosch's most famous paintings, including The Garden of Earthly Delights,...

- The leading collection of West African Bronzes- Includes many never-before-published objects- The over 200 objects presented in this volume are enriched by descriptive commentaries in two language that emphasize their uniqueness and their relevance in the world of African artLong awaited by collectors,...

Analysis of the African Arts meanings: 6 masks and 6 statuettes.Author: Bernard W駻yISBN-10: 1723769843ISBN-13: 9781723769849Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2018Pages: 42Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand angels, focusing on Africa and the cult and persona of the Archangel Michael. Traditional methods in the study of religion including philology, papyrology, art and iconography, anthropology, history, and psychology are combined with methodologies...

A bold investigation into the changing meaning of public sculpture across 50 yearsIn 1972, British artist Garth Evans (born 1934) temporarily installed a public sculpture in Cardiff, Wales, as part of the UK-wide City Sculpture Project. The next morning, he made a recording of...

A Guide To An Exhibition Of Islamic Miniature Painting And Book Illumination: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art is a comprehensive guidebook written by M.S. Dimand. The book provides an in-depth exploration of Islamic miniature painting and book illumination, showcasing a collection of exquisite artworks...

A magnificent full-color book introducing a collection of traditional western Sub-Saharan African art.Author: Elizabeth Skidmore SasserISBN-10: 0896723461ISBN-13: 9780896723467Publisher: Texas Tech University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/1995Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.66lbsSize: 11.55h x 9.19w x 1.16d

Analyzes socially engaged art practices worldwide, linking them to decolonial struggle and critique.Author: Carlos Garrido CastellanoISBN-10: 1438485735ISBN-13: 9781438485737Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2021Pages: 348Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

An exciting glimpse into contemporary African photography, with 17 young artists from all corners of the continentA New York Times critics' pick Best Art Books 2021 This volume presents the work of 17 contemporary African photographers, all of whom are alumni of the decade-long...

2021 Reprint of the 1940 Edition. Profusely Illustrated. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. A major document of African American Art up to 1940. With copious notes and artist biographies. Illustrated by Plates of the works of Juan...

Bestselling coloring book artist Marjorie Sarnat has teamed with fashion designer Cia Slater to create this gorgeous collection of 31 classic African-inspired images. Striking silhouetted figures wear beautiful head wraps and flowing gowns decorated with patterns based on traditional African arts and crafts designs....

245 days of life under lockdown in Kenya through the dazzling artwork of prolific expressionist painter Mary Collis. On the first day of Kenya's COVID-19 lockdown, Mary Collis decided to post a painting to her Facebook page, suggesting she would "lift the day" during...

In Accounts and Drawings from Underground, published in 2015, renowned artist William Kentridge and scholar Rosalind C. Morris brought us an unprecedented collaboration, taking pages of the 1906 Cash Book of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Corporation in South Africa and transforming them into...

Reading African art's impact on modernism as an international phenomenon, The "Black Art" Renaissance tracks a series of twentieth-century engagements with canonical African sculpture by European, African American, and sub-Saharan African artists and theorists. Notwithstanding its occurrence during the benighted colonial period, the Paris...

From the 1880s to 1940, French colonial officials, businessmen and soldiers, returning from overseas postings, brought home wooden masks and figures from Africa. This imperial and cultural power-play is the jumping-off point for a story that travels from sub-Saharan Africa to Parisian art galleries;...

San rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest examples of representational art. There are as many as 15,000 known rock art sites, created over the course of thousands of years up until the...

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in...

A collection of Jamaican folktales about Annancy the Spider as told by famous Tarot artist Pamela C. Smith with a foreward by the publisher.Author: Pamela C. SmithISBN-10: 0976961229ISBN-13: 9780976961222Publisher: Darker Intentions PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2006Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.17d

This visually rich survey showcases the work of over two hundred artists from more than forty countries as it explores and celebrates street art in Africa over the last decade. In Street Art Africa, readers can reflect on works such as the monumental Murais...

West Africa, 1971. Two old friends rendezvous in Black Star Square, the heart of Accra, the Ghanaian capital, to see Ike and Tina Turner, the Staples Singers, Roberta Flack, Wilson Picket, Santana and other black American performers at the mammoth Soul to Soul music...

A conversation with filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah, exploring how his work with montage can be understood to articulate contemporaneity in sensuous ways. Taking the form of a conversation with filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah, this book sets out to explore how Akomfrah's work...

Adinkra symbols originated in Ghana, they reflect common wisdom. The symbols relate to God, quality of human relations and the spirituality of life. Now you can spend hours in blissful stress relief therapy. May this book bring you many years of enjoyment and wisdom.Author:...

THE BEST GIFT IDEA COLOR BY NUMBER FOR GROWN-UPS Each number means a particular color from a 25-color palette. You will KNOW the secrect pictures that HIDDEN on the pages when you START COLORING them. - Each coloring page is designed to help relax...

The first book on the South-African sculptor Angus Taylor to offer a comprehensive survey of his entire work to date. South African sculptor Angus Taylor, born in Johannesburg in 1970 and alumnus of the University of Pretoria, is known mainly for his monumental works....

This volume critically examines sources of evidence and material from the archive that historically have been used to tell southern Africa's pre-colonial story.Author: Cynthia KrosISBN-10: 1776147278ISBN-13: 9781776147274Publisher: Wits University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2022Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d

"This book presents a staggering amount of information, vital to any researcher of African and diasporic cultures, as well as any interested in international art, music, and politics of the 1970s." -Autumn Diaz, ARLIS/NA ReviewsEarly in 1977, thousands of artists, writers, musicians, activists and...

For the first time African headrests are brought to life with detailed information on their carvers, and the stories of their creation, ownership, and useHeadrests from Southern Africa - The architecture of sleep presents the subject of southern African headrests in a fascinating new...

In this wide-ranging monograph, the achievements of Irma Stern, one of South Africa's most celebrated painters, are introduced to a contemporary audience. The vivid and powerful expressionist paintings of Irma Stern were a key factor in the modernization of early 20th-century South African art....

A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation For more than thirteen centuries, caravans transported millions of enslaved people from Africa south of the Sahara into what is now the Kingdom of Morocco. Today there are no museums, plaques,...

The result of extensive recent research, Migrating Objects reveals Peggy Guggenheim's two-decade period of collecting beyond the European and North American art with which she is usually associatedIn the 1950s and '60s, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) began to turn her attentions as a collector toward...

Western approaches to Africa's visual culture have until recently separated 'traditional' from 'modern' as if the two categories had no common ground, and as if only the former was authentically African. Yet 'tradition' is also an active process of handing on, one subject to...

The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.Author: D. O. FagunwaISBN-10: 0872866300ISBN-13: 9780872866300Publisher: City Lights BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2013Pages: 153Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/26/2013

This book contains 50 Adinkra (African) symbols with their names and their meanings for your education and coloring relaxation. Each symbol has been uniquely designed and patterned to give you satisfaction and to ignite the passion of coloring.Ready for an excited adventure? Order your...