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African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century

African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century

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With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in mainstream press, it has become impossible to overlook the cultural significance of contemporary African art today. Author and curator Osei Bonsu's engaging profiles of leading African artists—along with gorgeous full-color reproductions of their work—introduce readers to a generation of movers and shakers whose innovative artwork reflects on Africa as both an idea and an experience. Using diverse forms, languages, and expressions to articulate what it means to be a part of the world, these artists generate alternate histories and imaginative futures—work that is both personal and political, universal and incredibly specific. Their work helps define contemporary African art as a vast artistic and cultural movement.

Artists include Amoako Boafo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Bronwyn Katz—from household names to up-and-coming artists, African Art Now features some of the most exciting artists working today.

 About the Author

Osei Bonsu is a British-Ghanaian curator and writer based in London and Paris. In 2020, Bonsu was named one of Apollo magazine's "40 under 40" leading African voices. He is a curator of international art at Tate Modern and lives in London.

Product Details

  • Written by Osei Bonsu
  • Product Type: Book, Hardcover
  • 160 pages
  • Publication Date:
  • Shipping Dimensions: 11.3 × 9.5 × 1.0 inches
    (28.7 × 24.1 × 2.5 cm)
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 lb (54.4 oz; 1542 g)
  • SKU010008181 | ISBN: 9781797217208

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