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... of these developments and reckon with the implications and meanings of these changes in conditions for those suffering their consequences. Often central to and reflected in the artist’s work is a critique of narratives of progress. This article examines the ways The Notion of Family series bears witness to Black life...

...Faridah Folawiyo [email protected] © 2022 by Nka Publications 2022 REVIEWS LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS: CARIBBEAN-BRITISH ART 1950s NOW TATE BRITAIN DECEMBER 1, 2021 APRIL 3, 2022 The exhibition s title suggests that it will focus on the Atlantic, the body of water that separates...

... to an insurrection in progress to sets of eyes expressing horror, terror, or surprise. Through these images, the cultural life of the lowly implement is given the most dramatic range of fillips. [email protected] © 2022 by Nka Publications 2022 Haitian Revolution Caribbean history...

...Leena Habiballa [email protected] © 2020 Tropics of Meta 2020 THE VISUAL LIFE Archival and Counter-archival Narratives of Revolt Leena Habiballa 6 Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art 52 May 2023 DOI 10.1215/10757163-10434938 © 2020 Tropics of Meta OF REVOLUTION Suha...

...Omar Kholeif Dr Omar Kholeif maps out the life and practice of the path-breaking British-artist, Lubaina Himid RA CBE (born, Zanzibar 1954) through a considered engagement of her multivalent creative output—in visual art, writing, and exhibition-making. A leading figure in the British Black Arts...

...Kathe Sandler Copyright © 2010 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2009 9_sandler:nka_book_size 2/28/10 6:32 PM Page 144 BRIGHT MOMENTS The Life and Work of ST. CLAIR BOURNE...

... by Nka Publications Pale Reflections and Fables of Life George Osodi’s “Real People” of the Niger Delta Frank A. O. Ugiomoh Ugiomoh Nka • 29 eorge Osodi’s photographs embody...

...Sunanda K. Sanyal Susan Mullin Vogel’s El Anatsui: Art and Life examines the artist’s recent studio practice and the bottle-top tapestries that have won him international acclaim. Vogel’s meticulous investigation of Anatsui’s experiment with medium and process and his commitment to nonfixed forms...

... in Diba’s precedent mixed-media work. With more than four decades of artistic practice and a doctorate in urban geography from the University of Nice, Diba has long explored issues involving urban life in his work. In this installation, the artist translated the order and disorder of Dakar’s streets...

...Matthew DeBord Copyright © 1996 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 1996 LUSH LIFE: A BIOGRAPHY OF ducted almost psychically in terms Toland's idea does tarnish somewhat Duke's son, who seemed to harbor...

... movement in Nigeria. He had configured a gressive hard-edged energy which caused some and on hunger strikes as he and others fashioned a new image and a new life for himself. to dub it "Mau Mau" Mondrian—a reference to revolution against imperialism and colonial hege• Equally...

...Cheryl Finley Throughout her life Loïs Mailou Jones admired African art and culture. But it was through the mask—its spiritual significance, theatrical expression, cultural importance, and emotive possibilities—that she found herself as an artist, designer, and educator. With a career buttressed...

... this and in the process removes or adds a few new pictorial and composition suggested an abundant, almost carniva- elements, while retaining much of the basic color composi• lesque celebration of life and nature expressed by the human, tion. To do this, the artist says, "One has to make very hard...

... street and not see a striking visual image that is either mechanically reproduced or a performed image of urban self-fash• mm d City Life In ioning...

... astonishing geometric designs. The was an attempt to present the accomplishment of chant of the looms accompanies the weaver and each artist to introduce an appealing conversation the life in the community all day long. From birth between textile and modernity. Each contempo• to death...

... in the whole of the life of Cotonou. Gaba’s procession had the feel of a private festivity—­eccentric, maybe, but not invasive or demanding of attention. What was noticeable in the general public response was the opposite of a fearful overreaction: for the most part people glanced up, then went...

... grew zinnias because he liked US government, as well as major corporations, to their bright colors. His friends teased him when illustrate that blacks could excel in American life they found out, so he began tending his zinnias if given the opportunity — even under segregation. on his way to play...

... president; Miriam Francis, treasurer; and Modu Tanzania, secretary. Guide- lines for WWA committees named the gallery/ resource committee, the screening committee, and the graphics committee, which oversaw the group’s Kay Brown, The Kick of Life, ca. 1974. Color etching and promotional activities...