Fine 9" x 10" softcover in multicolored pictorial gatefold wraps featuring the artwork of several contemporary African artists, first and last endpapers feature details of Owusu-Ankomah's 2006 acrylic painting, "Rising", white lettering to cover and spine, minimal to negligible visible shelf wear, sharp tips, spine undamaged, clean, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. 336 pp. replete with over 350 full-color images of artwork by more than 60 of Africa's most exciting contemporary artists. Includes a Preface by Chris Spring, an Introduction which discusses the tent-makers of Cairo, the fantasy coffins of Teshie, the Tingatinga Cooperative Society, sign-painters, kangas (printed cloths), portrait and studio photography, the Potters of Dakhla and Zanzibar, the urban textiles of Tunisia, blacksmiths, and metalworkers. Also includes a Post-script by Noel Wallace, picture credits, and notes. From the interior flap: "This is the first book on contemporary African art to harness the creative energy pulsating from not only the continent but also from the rich global community that has developed outside it." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Angaza Afrika: African Art Now

Verlag

Francolin Publishers

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

1868590801

ISBN-13

9781868590803

Einband

Softcover

Auflage

First Edition.

Zustand

Fine

Verk�uferkataloge

AFRICAN ART

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