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Title: African Art and Agency in the Workshop
Description: 'Compelling case studies demonstrate how African workshops have long mediated collective expression and individual imagination.'—Allen F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles The role of the workshop in the creation of African art is the subject of this revelatory book. In the group setting of the workshop, innovation and imitation collide, artists share ideas and techniques, and creative expression flourishes. African Art and Agency in the Workshop examines the variety of workshops, from those which are politically driven or tourist oriented, to those based on historical patronage or allied to current artistic trends. Fifteen lively essays explore the impact of the workshop on the production of artists such as Zimbabwean stone sculptors, master potters from Cameroon, wood carvers from Nigeria, and others from across the continent. Contributions by Nicolas Argenti, Jessica Gershultz, Norma Wolff, Christine Scherer, Silvia Forni, Elizabeth Morton, Alexander Bortolot, Brenda Schmahmann, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Karen E. Milbourne and Namubiru Rose Kirumira'A closer examination of the workshop provides important insights into art histories and cultural politics. We may think we know what we mean when we use the term'workshop,'but in fact the organization of groups of artists takes on vastly different forms and encourages the production of diverse styles of art within larger social structures and power dynamics.'—Victoria Rovine, University of Florida'Taken as a whole, the case studies provide a wide window into the very diverse structural and functional characteristics of workshops. They also clearly describe how African workshops have served both contemporary political and cultural needs and have responded to patronage, whether it be traditional or stimulated by tourism.'—African Studies Review
Authors: Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, Till Förster
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Subjects: Artisans--Africa--Societies, etc, Artists' studios--Africa, Workshops--Africa, Art patronage--Africa
Categories: ART / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies
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