A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010
Various Artists
SilvanaEditoriale
French, English
Softcover
192 pages
240 x 285 mm
2010
ISBN 9788836616596
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of independence of seventeen African countries, the Museum for Fine Arts in Brussels in partnership with the Royal Museum of Central Africa presents during Summer 2010 the festival L’AFRIQUE VISIONNAIRE (VISIONARY AFRICA). This catalogue is published to accompany an exhibition celebrating fifty years of African photography, illustrating how collective identities of postcolonial Africa were built. Panafricanism has become something concrete in the exchange between artists, above all in connection with the elaboration of common aesthetic and research in a common view. Photography, in the process of emancipation and of writing of an endogenous history, is undoubtedly the best support: African photographers’ innovative role will therefore be highlighted in the process of understanding generational and social changes. The catalogue includes an introduction by Simon Njami and a text by Jean-Loup Pivin.
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Founded in 1948, Silvana Editoriale is a publisher of illustrated books: art monographs, catalogues of exhibitions, museums and gallery guides, photography and design.
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