Title New currents, ancient rivers : contemporary African artists in a generation of change / Jean Kennedy
Publication Info Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992
Location Call Number Status
 Watson Library Stacks  110.949 K38    CHECKED OUT
 Robert Goldwater Library  O3CON K35    REQUESTABLE
Description 204 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Contents I. Defining the Spirit -- 1. Sources for Synthesis -- 2. Image and Metaphor -- II. Responding to the Challenge -- 3. Bridges: Predecessors in Nigeria -- Ovia Idah -- Yemi Bisiri -- Ben Enwonwu -- Tayo Aiyebusi -- Lamidi Fakeye -- Yusuf Grillo -- Solomon Irein Wangboje -- 4. Creating a Tradition: Vanguard Sculptors, Printmakers, and Painters of Nigeria -- Festus Idehen -- Ben Osawe -- Erhabor Ogieva Emokpae -- Agboola Folarin -- Uzo Egonu -- Bruce Onobrakpeya -- Simon Okeke -- C. Uche Okeke -- Obiora Udechukwu -- Chike Aniakor -- Collette Omogbai -- Sokari Douglas Camp -- Jimo Akolo -- Demas Nwoko -- Musa Yola -- Akan Edet Anamukot -- Sunday Jack Akpan -- 5. Artists of the Shrines: Oshogbo -- Susanne Wenger -- Adebisi Akanji -- Buraimoh Gbadamosi -- Saka -- Asiru Olatunde -- 6. The Spontaneous Spirit: Oshogbo and Ife -- Ulli Beier -- Duro Ladipo -- Georgina Beier -- Jacob Afolabi -- Rufus Ogundele -- Adebisi Fabunmi -- Muraina Oyelami -- Jimoh Buraimoh -- Twins Seven-Seven (Taiwo Olaniyi Salau) -- Nike Davies -- Samuel Ojo Omonaiye -- Ademola Onibonkuta -- Tijani Mayakiri -- Yekini Atanda -- Senabu Oloyede -- Kikelomo Oladepo -- Isaac Ojo Fajana -- Yinka Adeyemi -- Sangodare -- Jinadu Oladepo -- Gift Orakpo -- Middle Art (August Okoye) -- 7. New Dynamics: The West African Coast -- El Loko, Togo -- Oku Ampofo, Kofi Antubam, Vincent Akwete Kofi, Nii Ahene-La Mettle-Nunoo, and El Anatsui, Ghana -- Christian Lattier, Ivory Coast -- Omar Al Shabu, Liberia -- Momodou Ceesay, Gambia -- III. Crescent in the Hand -- 8. Artists of the Image and Loom: Senegal -- Ousamane Sembene -- Mbor Faye -- Alpha W. Diallo -- Mafaly Sene -- Iba Ndaiye -- Papa Ibra Tall -- Souleye Keita -- Bacary Dieme -- Ansoumana Diedhiou -- Boubacar Coulibaly -- Abdoulaye Ndaiye -- Ibou Diouf -- Amadou Dede Ly -- Cherif Thiam -- Maodo Niang -- Amadou Seck -- Badara Camara -- Samba Balde -- Daouda Diouck -- Ousmane Faye -- Mohamadou Mbaye -- Amadou Ba -- Boubacar Goudiaby -- Bocar Diong -- Diatta Seck -- Amadou Wade Sarr -- Mamadou Gaye -- 9. Desert Light: Sudan -- Ahmed Mohammed Shibrain -- Ibrahim El Salahi -- Amir I. M. Nour -- Shaigi Rahim -- Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq -- Mohammad Omer Khalil -- Musa Khalifa -- Mohamed Omer Bushara -- Salih Abdou Mashamoun -- Mohammed Ahmed Abdulla -- IV. Wax and Gold: Ethiopia -- 10. From a Legacy of Sign and Symbol -- Haile Gerima -- Gebre Kristos Desta -- Skunder Boghossian -- Abdel-Rahmam M. Sheriff -- Theodros Tsige Markos -- Zerihun Yetemgeta -- Endale Haile Selassie -- Acha Debela, Tesfaye Tessema -- Wosene Kosrof -- Falaka Armide -- Seleshi Feseha -- Alemayehou Gabremedhin -- Elisabeth Atnafu -- V. Creators of Myth -- 11. Between the Natural and Supernatural -- Gregory Maloba, Kenya -- Sam Ntiro, Elimo Njau, Tanzania -- Louis Mwaniki, Kenya -- Athumani Omari Mwariko, Tanzania -- Samwel Wanjau, Kenya -- Francis X. Nnaggenda, Uganda -- Hezbon Owiti, Kenya -- Kiure Msangi, Tanzania -- Valente Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambique -- Liyolo Limbe M'Puanga, Ibanehe Djilatendo, Zaire -- Clement-Maire Biazin, Central African Republic -- 12. Sky and Land in Zimbabwe -- Thomas Mukarobgwa -- Charles Fernando -- Kinsley Sambo -- 13. The Sculptors of Zimbabwe: Artists with an Old Legacy -- Frank McEwen -- Sylvester Mubayi -- Joseph Ndandarika -- John Takawira -- Henry Munyaradzi -- Amani -- Joram Mariga -- Nicholas Mukomberanwa -- Makiwa Chimoyo -- Boira Mteki -- Paul Gwichiri -- Bernard Manyandure -- VI. Testament -- 14. South African Artists Speak For The Voiceless -- Athol Fugard -- Julian Motau -- Winston Saoli -- Cyprian Shilakoe -- Lucas Sithole -- Sidney Kumalo -- Louis Maqhubela -- Mslaba Dumile Geelboi Mgxaji Feni -- Vumikosi Zulu -- Eric Mbatha -- John Muafangejo -- Gavin Jantjes -- Tito Zungu -- Afterword: Confluences
Summary "Although modern African literature and music have become well known in the West, through the contributions of such famous authors as Chinua Achebe and Bessie Head and such popular musicians as King Sunny Ade and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the continent's vast body of modern visual arts has been little explored." "In New Currents, Ancient Rivers Jean Kennedy surveys African art of the last fifty years, offering an expansive perspective on the visual arts of the continent. Just as ancient rivers flow through the modern African landscape, so too do the rituals and traditions of the past run deeply through modern African art. The past is able to coexist in vibrant synthesis with the present largely because of a critical constant in African culture, the acceptance of change." "The culmination of twenty years' research, New Currents, Ancient Rivers is the largest survey of contemporary African art, presenting nearly 150 artists of sub-Saharan Africa, primarily from Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa--painters, sculptors, fiber artists, printmakers, and filmmakers. As Kennedy examines their artistic development, she shows the many ways the artists meld elements from modern life, the legacy of colonialism, foreign technology, the natural world, and the past to create art that may be divorced from the original purposes of ritual but that still embraces traditional rhythms. The author also briefly discusses the influence of the oral and literary traditions on the visual arts." "New Currents, Ancient Rivers is a tribute to the vitality and diversity of a continent and its peoples. This progressive book recognizes individual artists, many of whom are virtually unknown in Europe and the United States."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-199) and index
Local Note Cover illustration tipped in
Subjects Art, Black -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Art, African -- 20th century.
Artists -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Biography -- History and criticism
Other Title Contemporary African artists in a generation of change
ISBN 1560980370 (cloth)
1560980389 (pbk.)
OCLC 22389510