Highlights from Bamako Biennale
BAMAKO BIENNALE A few impressions: Walking through the PanAfrican exhibition is to get a feel for the diversity of expressions, experiences, peoples, and landscapes of the African continent. No one genre dominates. Landscapes are no longer sublime . Deceptively banal, silently empty, Jo Ratcliffe’s landscapes document the aftermath of war. Her method is subtle and […]
Les Rencontres de Bamako
The Bamako Encounters opened with a formal ceremony which combined Malian music and traditional dances and formal speeches. This year’s big treat was the presence of France’s Cultural minister Frederic Mitterrand. A big fan of photography he highlighted African photography’s present status: No longer emerging it is now intergrated in the international cultural scene. Indeed, […]
News Update: African photography Bamako and Paris
African photography: a few important events are coming up. On November 1, 2011 African photography will hold center stage in Bamako, Mali with the opening of “Rencontres de Bamako” featuring African contemporary photographers. This year, the theme of this Biennale’s 9th edition is the quest for a sustainable world. The Rencontres /Encounters are a joint […]
Heroic Africans at the Metropolitan Museum
HEROIC AFRICANS REINSTATED by Isabel Stainow Wilcox The exhibition “ Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures” at the Metropolitan Museum curated by Dr. Alisa LaGamma, gathers pre-colonial sculpture from eight landmark sculptural traditions from West and Central Africa created between the 12th century and the 20th century. Focused on sculptural forms that commemorate important leaders, […]
African Photography in Chelsea
African Art is getting some well-deserved attention this month in New York. The Walther Collection Project Space has just opened its second exhibition this year on African Photography. It has started the fall season with a dual presentation of portraits by two modern great photographers, Seydou Keita (Mali) and August Sander (Germany). The focus is […]
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