New Spaces for Negotiating Art (and) Histories in Africa

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New Spaces for Negotiating Art (and) Histories in Africa is written by Kerstin Pinther and published by LIT Verlag Münster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3643906269 (ISBN 10) and 9783643906267 (ISBN 13).

In the 1990s, a new wave of globalization changed the field of cultural production in many African countries and paved the way for major new cultural events. In particular, during the last two decades, an ever growing series of art and cultural centers were and still are being established - often against the background of broader national (art) histories and the historic prominence of the state as the primary patron of the arts. In considering the historical genealogy of these 'new spaces, ' this book examines: the infrastructures and public spaces they create, the theoretical discourses they tap into and explore, the aesthetic and (cultural) political debates they stir, the role they play in the field of cultural institutions and cultural activism, and their relations with state and municipal institutions. (Series: African Art and Visual Cultures - Vol. 2) [Subject: African Studies, Cultural Studies, Art