African Arts articles from September 2007

African Arts archives from September 2007

Venice and contemporary African art.(first word)
September 22, 2007... In early February, the 52nd Venice Biennale announced its much-anticipated selection of the project and curators to feature in its special African exhibition at the Arsenale, the main space of the Biennale's international section organized by...

Asen and methodology in art history.(dialogue)
September 22, 2007... The short article on asen by Edna Bay (African Arts vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 6-8), after her analysis of Suzanne Blier's contribution to a catalogue, is, in fact, an invitation to give careful thought to methods used in art history in general and to...

Iconic autopsy: reply to Bernard M. Wagner, M.D.(dialogue)
September 22, 2007... I thank Dr. Bernard M. Wagner for publishing his response to my article Iconic Autopsy: Postmortem Portraits of Bantu Stephen Biko in the dialogue pages of African Arts (39:2, p. 8). His response was first brought to my attention last week. He...

Re: My Journey Through African Heritage.(dialogue)
September 22, 2007... I appreciate the dilemma my book, My Journey Through African Heritage, must have posed for Sidney Littlefield Kasfir when she was asked to review it (vol. 39, no. 4,Winter 2006, pp. 10-12). I did appreciate her halfhearted attempt at being...

"Come and try": towards a history of Fante military shrines.(Essay)
September 22, 2007... "COME AND TRY" IS A FAMILIAR AND CONFIDANT CHALLENGE AMONG THE FANTE ASAFO TO TEST THE PROWESS OF THEIR RIVALS. "TOWARDS A HISTORY" IS PERHAPS AN EQUALLY FAMILIAR, BUT CERTAINLY LESS CONFIDENT FORM OF ENGAGEMENT AMONG ACADEMICS. ONE IS BRAVADO,...

The Menil collection: Houston, Texas.
September 22, 2007... When asked in 1982 about the collection she and her late husband, John, had formed, Dominique de Menil stated, What characterizes my collection? Maybe a passionate curiosity for the past and also a vulnerability to poetry... poetry of images...

Parlor illusions: stereoscopic views of sub-Saharan Africa.(Essay)
September 22, 2007... "INDEED, TO BE WITHIN ARM'S REACH OF DISTANT COUNTRIES IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO BE WITHIN ARM'S REACH OF THE UNDERWOOD STEREOGRAPH TRAVEL SYSTEM." --UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD CATALOG, 1909 From its beginnings as a commercial medium in the...

Cultural heritage in the work of two Xhosa-speaking ceramic artists.(Siziwe Sotewu, Gcinikhaya Dase)(Critical essay)
September 22, 2007... As Xhosa-speaking artists working with clay (1) we, Gcinikhaya Dase and Siziwe Sotewu (Fig. 1), are developing a visual narrative style to reflect upon our lived experience and create sequential artworks expressing ideas about aspects of our...

Correction.(Correction notice)
September 22, 2007... Due to a layout error, the captions for three figures were misplaced in "Hot Space, Cool Space: The Reinstallation of the African Collection in the Louis Kahn Building at Yale University" by Frederick Lamp (Vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 36-51). The...

Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art.(exhibition preview)
September 22, 2007... NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART MAY 9-AUGUST 26, 2007 FOWLER MUSEUM AT UCLA OCTOBER 14, 2007-FEBRUARY 17, 2008 This exhibition was developed by the National Museum of African Art in association with the Fowler Museum at UCLA. It is...

Senghorama.(appreciating Leopold Sedar Senghor)
September 22, 2007... Senghorama Goethe Pencum, Dakar December 20, 2006-January 6, 2007 Librarie Quatre Vents, Dakar February 10-March 3, 2007 The legacy of Senegal's first president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, lives large in the collective memory of the nation's...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 22, 2007... African Art from the Permanent Collection January 1, 2005-December 31, 2008 Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection February 15, 2007-September 7,...