Art - African

- First comprehensive monograph on the artist's work - Spans four decades and includes all major paintings, sculpture and drawings Everyone should own a Beezy Bailey - David Bowie. Beezy Bailey aspires to create art as a balm for a mad world - a...

The product of more than 30 years of research, this astounding and authoritative volume reveals the political metaphors underpinning El Anatsui's magnificent abstract sculptureAuthored by two acclaimed scholars, Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative account yet on the...

Zimbolicious Anthology: An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts is the 6th yearly volume of Zimbabwean Literature and the arts. This year's anthology is extra-special in that we feature Zimbabwe's upcoming young visual artists who recently won or got highly recommended and exhibited their...

- A beautifully photographed book presenting the 63 known statues of the Bari tribe of South Sudan- A comprehensive overview of current knowledge on the circumstances of their collection, as well as their use and stylistic diversity, based primarily on numerous 19th century sources...

Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means "a beautiful woman has come." She was the wife of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who ushered in the dramatic Amarna Age, and she bore him at least six children. She played a prominent role...

Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the...

42 different approaches to transmit the generative source of creativity in live action by internationally experienced practitioners, teachers and theorists of performance art from 21 countries. 340 pages full of ideas, points of view, methodologies, sensitivities, exercises and proposals to enjoy live practice with...

An illustrated collection that takes stock of current knowledge and proposes a new way of reading indigenous art For thousands of years, nomadic hunter-gatherers assigned a fundamental role to the visualization of the animals who shared their lives. Some, such as the Cape eland,...

A revelatory and informative presentation of the anti-apartheid posters created by Medu Art Ensemble Formed in the late 1970s, Medu Art Ensemble forcefully articulated a call to end the apartheid system's racial segregation and violent injustice through posters that combined revolutionary imagery with bold...

This book offers the first concentrated examination of the representation of the black female subject in Western art through the lenses of race/color and sex/gender. Charmaine A. Nelson poses critical questions about the contexts of production, the problems of representation, the pathways of circulation...

In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk, and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history, and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens...

The three Garima Gospels are the earliest surviving Ethiopian gospel books. They provide glimpses of lost late antique luxury gospel books and art of the fifth to seventh centuries, in the Aksumite kingdom of Ethiopia as well as in the Christian East. As this...

As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth centuries, mosaic art blossomed,...

Describes the traditional designs of the Moors, Berbers, Abyssinian Christians and more from jewellery, tattoos, camel bags, rugs and other ornamented objects.Author: Diane V. HornISBN-10: 0880451165ISBN-13: 9780880451161Publisher: Stemmer House PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1994Pages: 1Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 11.01h x 8.43w x 0.30d

Contains carved and linear designs taken from ceremonial and utilitarian objects.Author: Caren CarawayISBN-10: 0880450835ISBN-13: 9780880450836Publisher: Stemmer House PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/1994Pages: 1Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.41w x 0.25d

The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different...

Imazighen Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life presents the Peabody Museum's collection of arts from the Berber-speaking regions of North Africa. The book gives an overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the rich aesthetic traditions of Amazigh (Berber) craftsmen and women. From...

Mapping Modernisms brings together scholars working around the world to address the modern arts produced by indigenous and colonized artists. Expanding the contours of modernity and its visual products, the contributors illustrate how these artists engaged with ideas of Primitivism through visual forms and...

African artists have, over the years, had to overcome incredible hardships - including war and poverty - to survive, create and sell their work. This is especially true of those artists based in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia.Zimbabwe is a beautiful and diverse country....

A concise introduction to the sculptural art of the TekeThe ritual figures of the Central African Teke people embody the power of nature spirits and ancestors. This book documents the rich variety and unique formal properties of these figures.Author: Henricus SimonisISBN-10: 3753300578ISBN-13: 9783753300573Publisher: Walther...

In this monograph, the author examines women's leadership roles in three spheres of influence under women's control: Omoku, Ime Chi and Omugwo institutions and argues that there were a variety of leadership opportunities open to Igbo women in the past - some of them...

★ With this High-Quality colourful scrapbook papers, you can make your own scrapbook album pages, phone cases, cards, envelopes, postcards, pop-up cards and gift boxes. You can use the paper as a background for the photos, decorate outlet covers or make your own handmade...

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...

Each design available in this book was studied carefully in detail to provide a wonderful coloring experience while your stress fades away. A lot of time and effort put in this book to meet your expectations and ours because we don't settle for just...

In Media Primitivism Delinda Collier provides a sweeping new understanding of technological media in African art, rethinking the assumptions that have conceptualized African art as unmediated, primary, and natural. Collier responds to these preoccupations by exploring African artworks that challenge these narratives. From one...

Relax and unwind while coloring African print inspired home decor illustrations. Feel free to explore using colored pencils, stickers, stamps and scrapbook paper to enhance these unique illustrations.Author: Alicia L. McDanielISBN-10: 0999557335ISBN-13: 9780999557334Publisher: Alicia McDaniel Fine ArtLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2020Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 11.00h x...

There is no single voice of the Democratic Republic of Congo but a multitude of diverse cultures and voices, contributing to a vibrant art scene that attracts interest from around the world. Nowhere in Africa is there an art scene more varied in form,...

An illustrated study of traditional and figurative art of Africa that reflects the continent's rich artistic and cultural heritage. African Art explores the continent's marvelous artistic achievements which share its roots with humanities origins. Sculpture has historically been the chief means of artistic expression....

1992. Kenya. On the eve of the country's first democratic elections, everyone is brewing with expression, even in the tiny, rural village, Luoland, with no elec - tricity or running water some 250 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. There, although lesbians 'don't exist' in Kenya,...

Oil Paintings Portraits by Andrea Rushing on a 8.5" x 11" desktop 2020 Calendar. See the amazing techniques in large photos of oil paintings of unique and interesting African portraits featuring people Andrea has met over the years. From the Tuskegee Airman Portraits and...

Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be 'saved', and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as 'rising', African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present...

Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa....

Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection unites the perspectives of 14 contemporary artists of African descent, who investigate social identity, questions of belonging and an array of sociopolitical concerns--including migration, lineage, the legacies of colonialism and Calvinism and...

No It Is documents two recent major presentations of work by South African artist William Kentridge (born 1955): his exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin and his performances at the Berliner Festspiele in summer 2016. This artist's book incorporates a libretto for a performed...

A first-ever monograph featuring the work of the Ethiopian artist Elias Sime, who brilliantly explores the impact of life in a post-consumerist world. Sime's brightly-colored sculptural tableaus feature found objects including thread, buttons, electrical wires, and computer detritus. This book highlights the artist'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:...

This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth. All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its...

Baskets are often a part of our everyday life. But do we think of them when we think of great art? Here is a picture book for students of all ages...A picture book of dozens of baskets in art - including Jesus and the...

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, enjoying the wisdom of the ages. Have fun coloring these beautiful,...

A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century In the recent aftermath of colonialism, civil wars, and the AIDS crisis, a new day finally seems to be shining on the African continent. Africa has once...

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola--were responsible for outstanding creative achievements....

Sudanese artist, writer, critic, cultural diplomat Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930) is one of the critical figures of African and Arabic modernism. While serving as Sudan's Undersecretary of Culture in 1975, El-Salahi was imprisoned without trial and endured six months of deprivation in the notorious...

A companion to People of Eland that allows an overview of Drakensberg rock art Only 1000 copies of People of the Eland were printed in 1976. It was neither reissued nor reprinted. It has become one of the rarest and most expensive of all...

Inside the Invisible provides the first examination of the work of Turner Prize-winning Black British artist and curator Professor Lubaina Himid CBE. This comprehensive volume breaks new ground by theorizing her development of an alternative visual and textual language within which to do justice...

Over the past decade, Ethiopian films have come to dominate the screening schedules of the many cinemas in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa, as well as other urban centers. Despite undergoing an unprecedented surge in production and popularity in Ethiopia and in the...

Dinka: Pillars of Wisdom is more than just a compilation of stories full of wisdom. These stories introduce morals in a light-hearted way that inspire wisdom in yourself. I have never read a more thought-provoking and inspirational piece. You will walk away from reading...

In this "Who Am I?" African American Coloring Book - Volume 1 there are 30 coloring pages of African Americans who have achieved different levels of greatness along with the history about the many contributions they have provided through inventions, entertainment, politics, sports, medical,...

The traumas of conflict and war in postcolonial Africa have been widely documented, but less well-known are their artistic representations. A number of recent films, novels and other art forms have sought to engage with and overcome post-colonial atrocities and to explore the attempts...

Fifteen writers explore the experimental, interdisciplinary and radically transgressive field of contemporary live art in South Africa, focusing on a wide range of perspectives, personalities and theoretical concerns Contemporary South African society is chronologically 'post' apartheid, but it continues to grapple with material redress,...

On Curating 2, Carolee Thea's new volume of interviews with 14 of today's leading curators, explores the lively system of art biennials that is thriving around the world--particularly outside Europe and America. Spawned by their more formal Western predecessors and motivated by the forces...