Research Catalog

Title

Dak'Art : the biennale of Dakar and the making of contemporary African art / edited by Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Thomas Fillitz.

Publication

• London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C.
• Fillitz, Thomas, 1953-

Description

xv, 216 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

What can an art biennale in Dakar, Senegal, tell us about current discourses surrounding the place of art in the world, and in the academic study of anthropology? This volume investigates the Dak'Art biennale, ranked among the world's top 20 biennials, drawing upon fieldwork, archival research, and the experiences of those involved. In so doing, the chapters make a statement about the impact of globally-acting art biennials, contributing to current scholarship both on biennales and the anthropology of art scene more widely. Part I opens with the history of its foundation and considers it in conjunction with the rise of contemporary art in Senegal. Part II deals with the biennale's various objectives, selection strategies, exhibition spaces, platforms for debate, and discourses between the State, the secretariat and local artists and art world professionals. Part III examines the cyclical creation of contemporary African art, and questions if the Biennial creates local canonical practices. The Epilogue uses the Dak'Art biennale to question assumptions around practice in general biennale scholarship and work. Featuring a dialogic structure between practitioners of art and anthropologists, this unique volume will be of interest to students of anthropology, art history and practice, African studies and curatorial practice.

Subject

• Dak'art (Exhibition)
• Dak'Art (Exhibition)
• 1900-2099
• Art, African > 20th century
• Art, African > 21st century
• Art, African

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Contents

The foundation and history of the Biennale of Dakar / Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi -- A politico-economic history of modern and contemporary art in Senegal: from négritude to the logics of the open society / Massamba Mbaye -- The "distancing children" from Senghor's openness take a stance / Viyé Diba -- Selection committees, selection processes, and application procedures / Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi and Thomas Fillitz -- Encounters and exchanges: an intellectual history of the Biennale of Dakar / El Hadji Malick-Ndiaye -- Dak'Art and the production of its public / Thomas Fillitz -- The Biennale of Dakar and the state of Senegal / Sylvain Sankalé -- Reimagining the Biennale of Dakar / Koyo Kouoh and Eva Barois de Caevel -- The making of a canon: historicizing contemporary African Art at Dak'Art / Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi -- All the city is an exhibition: the Dak'Art-off in the Biennale and in Dakar's art-world city / Joanna Grabski -- Dak'Art's ecosystem: in and out of Senegal / Iolanda Pensa -- Global biennial discourses: a critical view from Dak'Art / Thomas Fillitz and Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi

Call Number

Sc E 21-996

ISBN

• 9781350106499
• 1350106496

OCLC

1180196270

Title

Dak'Art : the biennale of Dakar and the making of contemporary African art / edited by Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Thomas Fillitz.

Publisher

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Local Note

INVESTIGATES THE DAK'ART BIENNALE FROM ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. B&W ILLUSTRATED.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C., editor.

Fillitz, Thomas, 1953- editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-996