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Africa’s contemporary art change-makers – Who would feature at the top of your list?
A recent series of articles posted to the AADAT (African & Afro-Diasporan Art Talks) website features a selection of visual artists described as “14 Contemporary Artists Who Are Challenging the Definition of African Art.” The listing was compiled by art historian Martina Dodd and (at the time of writing this blog) features the following 8 out of 14 leading…
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Debates about “The War on Black Bodies” (Part 3) – some concluding thoughts on the arts in London
Following an extremely hard-fought and impassioned anti-racism campaign led by journalist and rights activist Sara Myers, the senior management team of the Barbican arts centre issued a formal statement on Tuesday 23rd September to confirm their cancellation of the controversial installation ‘Exhibit B – Third World Bunfight’ by South African ‘artist’ Brett Bailey, which was scheduled…
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Debates about the “The War on Black Bodies,” situated in contrasting cultural spaces in New York and London
“How can we transform the ways in which identity is conceived so that identities do not emerge and function only through the oppression and subordination of other social identities?” – Elizabeth Grosz (2011). Source: Becoming Undone: Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, and Art (Grosz, 2011: 89) “The War on Black Bodies” (Part 1) – the…
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Steve Bandoma, Congolese visual artist
“MA CULTURE C’EST MON PHYSIQUE, MON ART C’EST MA MÉTA-PHYSIQUE.” – Steve Bandoma, African Arts Institute (AFAI, 2010) The following post was originally published on the ‘African Contemporary Art Now‘ Wordpress site (15.09.2014) and introduces Congolese visual artist Steve Bandoma (b. 1981) – a graduate in Fine Arts from Kinshasa, whose portfolio of work presents a powerful critique on key issues relating…
