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Exploring Colonial Photography’s Influence on African Artists at Chelsea’s Walther Collection
février 2013 | Divers | Photo | États-Unis
Source : Art Info
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Awam Amkpa discussed works by African photographers included in the show and others through the lens of Europeans’ ethnographic photography of the continent.
Last night Awam Amkpa (February 12, 2013), an associate professor of drama and of social and cultural analysis at New York University, addressed a packed gallery at German photography museum the Walther Collection‘s Chelsea project space, which is currently hosting the middle show in its three-part exhibition series « Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive. » Amkpa discussed works by African photographers included in the show and others through the lens of Europeans’ ethnographic photography of the continent, and analyzed how today’s artists have appropriated that colonizing discourse in empowering and productive ways (…)
[Read Benjamin Sutton’s full article on Art Info]
A lire également : [Diffusion et marché : l’art africain sur la scène internationale] par Christine Eyene
[Read Benjamin Sutton’s full article on Art Info]
A lire également : [Diffusion et marché : l’art africain sur la scène internationale] par Christine Eyene
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