Recent histories : contemporary African photography and video art : featuring works by Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ngʹok, Andrew Esiebo, Emʹkal Eyongakpa, François-Xavier Gbré, Simon Gush, Délio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala, Michael Tsegaye Cover Image

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Recent histories : contemporary African photography and video art : featuring works by Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ngʹok, Andrew Esiebo, Emʹkal Eyongakpa, François-Xavier Gbré, Simon Gush, Délio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala, Michael Tsegaye / with essays by Daniela Baumann [and nine others] ; artist conversations by Joshua Chuang [and fifteen others] ; [editor, Oluremi C. Onabanjo].

Baumann, Daniela, 1981- (editor,, contributor.). Chuang, Joshua, (editor.). Onabanjo, Oluremi C., (editor.). Chagas, Edson, (artist.). Cherono Ng'ok, Mimi, (artist.). Esiebo, Andrew, (artist.). Eyongakpa, Em'kal, (artist.). Gbre, Francois-Xavier, (artist.). Gush, Simon, (artist.). Jasse, Délio, (artist.). Kganye, Lebohang, (artist.). Mlangeni, Sabelo, (artist.). Niang, Mame-Diarra, (artist.). Petros, Dawit L., (artist.). Saro-Wiwa, Zina, (artist.). Sekgala, Thabiso, (artist.). Tsegaye, Michael, (artist.). Byrd, Antawan I., (contributor.). Iduma, Emmanuel, (contributor.). Jayawardane, Neelika, (contributor.). Moore, Allision, (contributor.). Moses, Serubiri, (contributor.). Subotzky, Mikhael, (contributor.). Thompson, Drew, (contributor.). Walther Collection, (issuing body,, host institution.).

Summary:

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 local custom - as well as personal experiences in Africa and the African diaspora. By highlighting specific creative approaches and studying the sites and collective platforms that enable these practices, this book examines the critical mass that has gathered across generations of African image-makers and lens-based artists. In accentuating different perspectives within this generation and considering the infrastructures that often link them, Recent Histories provides a point of entry to engage critically with current practices, and opens up considerations about how to conceptualize the frameworks of contemporary African photography and video art. Exhibition: The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany (07.05.-29.10.2017).

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ISBN: 9783958293502
ISBN: 3958293506
Physical Description: 384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Neu-Ulm : The Walther Collection : 2017
Copyright: ©2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	On the occasion of an exhibition held at The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, May 7 - October 29, 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-381).
Formatted Contents Note:	A conversation / Okwui Enwezor and Artur Walther -- Recent histories : from deconstructed spaces to emotional cartographies / Daniela Baumann, Joshua Chuang, and Oluremi C. Onabanjo -- Plates. Edson Chagas ; François-Xavier Gbré ; Mame-Diarra Niang ; Simon Gush ; Michael Tsegaye ; Délio Jasse ; Em'kal Eyongakpa ; Dawit L. Petros ; Andrew Esiebo ; Zina Saro-Wiwa ; Edson Chagas ; Lebohang Kganye ; Thabiso Sekgala ; Mimi Cherono Ng'ok ; Sabelo Mlangeni -- Essays. Even walls / Emmanuel Iduma ; By sight and sound : along the wayfarings of Em'kal Eyongakpa and Dawit L. Petros / Antawan I. Byrd ; Tableaux / Serubiri Moses ; Untitled (and unfinished) histories / Drew Thompson ; Seven thoughts on a friend's work / Mikhael Subotzky ; Photography as travel memoir : itinerancy, movement, and subjectivity formation / M. Neelika Jayawardane ; Biennale effects : large-scale exhibitions and art photography in Africa / Allison Moore.