Contemporary African Art

by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir

Book Overview

The twentieth century has been a period of major disruption for traditional institutions in Africa. But even as old forms of art patronage were being suppressed, new avenues of artistic expression opened up. Postcolonial art in Africa has built seamlessly upon already existing structures in which precolonial and colonial genres of African art were made. It is in this sense, and in the habits and attitudes of artists towards making art, rather than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500203288
• ISBN13: 9780500203286
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.3"