Contemporary African art – Notícias, Pesquisa e Análise – The Conversation

Victor Ekpuk (centre) became the first African artist to show a public sculpture in the United Arab Emirates. Courtesy Courtesy Efiɛ Gallery

12 dezembro 2023

Victor Ekpuk is a Nigerian artist who uses ancient African graphic writing systems to unveil a stunning new display of creativity

Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Rutgers University

INTERwoven TEXTures is a breakthrough exhibition. Here’s a review of it.

A World In Common at Tate Modern. Tate Modern/Lucy Green

14 julho 2023

A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography – Tate Modern show celebrates new generation of artists, but misses a trick

Kerstin Hacker, Anglia Ruskin University

A World in Common is a European exhibition with African content, rather than a space that invites conversations and engagement that go beyond the images themselves.

Moffat Takadiwa, left, and curator Fadzai Muchemwa in front of the work Bhiro ne Bepa on his solo show Vestiges of Colonialism. Images courtesy Lifang Zhang

6 abril 2023

Moffat Takadiwa’s landmark exhibition uses found materials to comment on Zimbabwe’s colonial hangover

Lifang Zhang, Rhodes University

Using found materials from dump sites, the large scale works examine the residues of colonialism.

The artist in his studio. Photo courtesy Richard Mudariki

6 junho 2022

Artist Richard Mudariki’s vision for a Zimbabwean contemporary art fair

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford

Harare aims to join a growing list of African cities hosting high profile events to sell local art and bolster artists.

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