Modernist Art in Ethiopia, by Elizabeth W. Giorgis

2019/05/16 1770

Modernist Art in Ethiopia Elizabeth W. Giorgis Ohio University Press, 2019 Web Site If modernism initially came to Africa through colonial contact, what does Ethiopia’s inimitable historical condition—its independence save for five years under Italian occupation—mean for its own modernist tradition? In Modernist Art in Ethiopia—the first book-length study of the Continue Reading

Art, Anthropology and the Gift

2016/06/28 3458

Roger Sansi Art, Anthropology and the Gift Bloosmbury, 2014 Publisher Website In recent decades, the dialogue between art and anthropology has been both intense and controversial. Art, Anthropology and the Gift provides a much-needed and comprehensive overview of this dialogue, whilst also exploring the reciprocal nature of the two subjects through practice, theory and Continue Reading

Art Practice as Research. Inquiry in Visual Arts

2016/03/31 4157

Art Practice as Research. Inquiry in Visual Arts by Graeme Sullivan – Pennsylvania State University, USA 2010, Sage Publications https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/art-practice-as-research/book233902 Art Practice as Research, Second Edition continues to present a compelling argument that the creative and cultural inquiry undertaken by artists is a form of research. The Continue Reading

The Art Issue

2015/12/22 1547

Censorship is alive and well in the art world. Artistic expression is as vulnerable in democracies as it is in authoritarian regimes when it comes to sex, religion and the limits of tolerance. From international shows in the Gulf and the Far East to leading museums and galleries in the US and London, contemporary artists fall foul of local laws and sensibilities. Index on Continue Reading

Ethnography-based Art Practices: Changing the Future of Fieldwork

2015/10/30 3372

Conference Ethnography-based Art Practices: Changing the Future of Fieldwork 2-4 June 2016 – Coimbra, Portugal Ethnographic-based art practices are opening up alternative possibilities for doing fieldwork, by involving different senses and deploying assorted strategies and media. This panel welcomes interdisciplinary approaches and hybrid interventions: from academic Continue Reading

Ornament and Order Graffiti. Street Art and the Parergon by Rafael Schacter

2014/10/04 2401

Over the last forty years, graffiti and street-art have become a global phenomenon within the visual arts. Whilst they have increasingly been taken seriously by the art establishment (or perhaps the art market), their academic and popular examination still remains within old debates which argue over whether these acts are vandalism or art, and which examine the role of Continue Reading

Art beyond Itself: Anthropology for a Society without a Story Line

2014/05/26 2668

First published in Spanish in 2010, Art beyond Itself is Néstor García Canclini\'s deft assessment of contemporary art. The renowned cultural critic suggests that, ideally, art is the place of imminence, the place where we glimpse something just about to happen. Yet, as he demonstrates, defining contemporary art and its role in society is an ever more complicated endeavorContinue Reading

The Challenge of Emulation in Art and Architecture. Between Imitation and Invention

2014/05/07 1627

Emulation is a challenging middle ground between imitation and invention. The idea of rivaling by means of imitation, as old as the Aenead and as modern as Michelangelo, fit neither the pessimistic deference of the neoclassicists nor the revolutionary spirit of the Romantics. Emulation thus disappeared along with the Renaissance humanist tradition, but it is slowly being Continue Reading