In Senghor's Shadow : Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995 PDF
by Harney Elizabeth Harney
Part of the Objects/Histories series
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Heavily illustrated with nearly one hundred images, including some in color, In Senghor's Shadow surveys the work of a range of Senegalese artists, including painters, muralists, sculptors, and performance-based groups-from those who worked at the height of Senghor's patronage system to those who graduated from art school in the early 1990s. Harney reveals how, in the 1970s, avant-gardists contested Negritude beliefs by breaking out of established artistic forms. During the 1980s and 1990s, artists such as Moustapha Dime, Germaine Anta Gaye, and Kan-Si engaged with avant-garde methods and local artistic forms to challenge both Senghor's legacy and the broader art world's understandings of cultural syncretism. Ultimately, Harney's work illuminates the production and reception of modern Senegalese art within the global arena.
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- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780822386056
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780822386056