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This is not Africa : unlearn what you have learned

Title
This is not Africa : unlearn what you have learned / text: Erlend G. Høyersten [and nine others].
Publication
  • Aarhus, Denmark : ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Høyersten, Erlend G.
  • Aarhus kunstmuseum, host institution.
Description
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 30 cm
Summary
ARoS presents This Is Not Africa - Unlearn What You Have Learned is a group exhibition featuring a wide range of works created by 26 leading contemporary artists from or related to the African continent. This Is Not Africa - Unlearn What You Have Learned is intended as a project for promoting greater self-insight by focusing on art and the artists' own voices. In terms of subject matter the exhibition is one of a wide scope, involving both conflict-ridden, social and political conditions related to the continent's past, present and future and more universal themes reaching far beyond Africa's borders, e.g. by touching on issues of power and language, the colonial era and today's global capitalism, structural racism and counter-narratives. As the title indicates, the works in the exhibition challenge a stereotypical and traditional Western view of Africanness. The works include video, installation, painting, sculpture, photography and performance art.
Subject
  • 2000-2099
  • Art, African > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Art, Black > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Black people > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Art, African
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 27 March - 24 October 2021.
  • Edition of 800.
  • Participating artists: Aaiún Nin, Athi-Patra Ruga, Barthélémy Toguo, Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Billie Zangewa, Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola, Bronwyn Katz, Candice Breitz, Dan Halter, Euridice Getulio Kala, Grada Kilomba, Jeannette Ehlers, La Vaughn Belle, Kapwani Kiwanga, Kelvin Haizel, Meschac Gaba, Moffat Takadiwa, Nástio Mosquito, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Robel Temesgen, Sammy Baloji, Sethembile Msezane, Tabita Rezaire, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Zanele Muholi.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • In Danish and English.
Contents
This is not Africa: unlearn what you have learned / Erlend G. Høyersten -- On the conditions for artistic exchange on the global art scene / Ibrahim Mahama, Selom Kudjie and Maria Kappel Blegvad -- Under the white gaze / Mai Takawira -- Artists interviews -- Letter from the past / Mavis Tetteh-Ocloo and Lotte Løvholm -- The heart of the matter / Mads Anders Baggesgaard -- Important words to "unlearn what you have learned / Marronage -- List of works.
Call Number
Sc F 22-306
ISBN
  • 9788792184719
  • 8792184715
OCLC
1256820240
Title
This is not Africa : unlearn what you have learned / text: Erlend G. Høyersten [and nine others].
Publisher
Aarhus, Denmark : ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
In Danish and English.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Added Author
Høyersten, Erlend G., writer of supplementary textual content.
Aarhus kunstmuseum, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc F 22-306
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