Black President: the art and legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: New Museum of Contemporary Art. (New York).In his native Nigeria the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti managed a kind of stardom barely imaginable since the '60s in Anglo-American rock: not just pop hero but political presence, cultural authority, populist icon. A charismatic activist whose face-offs with the government reached the point of violence, he was incidentally a phenomenal bandleader as well. "Black President" may or may not say much about the man: What guest curator Trevor Schoonmaker is giving us is forty takes on Fela by such artists of the African diaspora The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. as Chris Ofili Chris Ofili (born 1968) is an English born painter noted for artworks referencing aspects of his Nigerian heritage. He is one of the Young British Artists. He is a Turner Prize winner and his work has been a source of controversy. , Fred Wilson Fred Wilson could refer to:
Walker was born in Stockton, California. . Let's see who can keep Fela's aura from blowing them out of the room. July 11-Oct. 19. |
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