New publications.African Renaissance: Old Forms, New Images M Yoruba Art, by Moyo Okediji. University Press of Colorado The University Press of Colorado is a nonprofit publisher supported partly by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, the University of Colorado, the University of Northern Colorado, and Western , Boulder, 2002. 200 pp., 42 b/w & 20 color photos. $49.95 hardcover, $21.95 softcover. Juxtaposing ancient and contemporary Yoruba art, discusses the history of this art from colonialism to independence to the new nation's military coup to the present-day exodus of native Yoruba artists. Forms of Wonderment: The History and Collections of the Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal Berg en Dal is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located to the southeast of the city of Nijmegen. The largest part of the village lies in the municipality of Groesbeek, but a small part lies in Ubbergen. , edited by Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers and Ineke Eisenburger. Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, 2002. 10" x 12 3/4". 2 vols. 614 pp., 734 color & 62 b/w photos, 9 maps. EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 100 hardcover, slipcase slip·case n. A protective box with one open end or more, used for storing a book. slip  cased . Includes separate chapters on the Afrika Museum's six key collections (Senufo, Yoruba, Nkanu, Zande, East Africa, contemporary art), five additional chapters on historical and museum-related topics, and thematic groupings of objects. Group Portrait South Africa: Nine Family Histories, compiled by Paul Faber, edited by Paul Faber and Annari van der Merwe. Kwela n. 1. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; it includes a whistle among its instruments. Noun 1. kwela - a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments Books--KIT Publishers, Amsterdam and Cape Town, 2003, 9 1/2" x 13". 240 pp., 141 & 128 color photos, 9 drawings. $44.95 hardcover. The collective experiences of nine South African families of various backgrounds, visualized through personal artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and images and combined with artworks by South African contemporary artists working in various media (e.g., Penny Siopsis, Berni Searle, Willie Bester), including photography (e.g., David Goldblatt, Mothlalefi Mahlabe). Der Mond als Schuh: Zeichnungen der San/The Moon as Shoe: Drawings of the San, edited by Miklos Szalay. Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2002. Text in German and English. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4". 310 pp., 78 b/w & 265 color photos, 3 maps. EUR 65 hardcover. The culture and environment of the San, as told by six San men to late-19th century researchers William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd through drawings and watercolors. The Mlungu in Africa: Art from the Colonial Period, 1840-1940, by Michael Stevenson and Michael Graham-Stewart. Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Claremont (South Africa), and Michael Graham-Stewart, London, 2003. 11" x 11". 112 pp., 4 b/w & 121 color photos. $40 hardcover, $25 softcover. Presents African art that engages with the presence of white people (mlungu) in the "contact zones" and colonial states in sub-Saharan Africa. The works display a cross-cultural hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun) 1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids. 2. molecular hybridization 3. of styles, techniques, and imagery. Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar, by Christine Mullen Kreamer and Sarah Fee. National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art is a museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Located on the National Mall, the museum specializes in African art and culture. , Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2002. 81/2" x 11", 108 pp., 40 b/w & 68 color illustrations, 4 maps, appendixes. $35 softcover. Examines the historical context and dynamism of contemporary cloth production in Madagascar, where cloth is considered the ultimate gift and plays a vital role in social and economic life. Rorke's Drift: Empowering Prints: Twenty Years of Printmaking printmaking Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but occasionally on fabric, parchment, plastic, or other support, by various techniques of multiplication, under the direct supervision of or by the hand of the artist. in South Africa, by Elizabeth Rankin and Philippa Hobbs. Double Storey Books, Cape Town, 2003. 8" x 10" 242 pp., 208 b/w & 46 color illustrations. R250 hardcover. Reconstructs the historical narrative of Rorke's Drift, the art and craft center that from the 1960s to the 1980s played a key role in South African art and nurtured a range of black artists. Focuses on printmaking and includes individual entries on 85 artists who worked at the center as printmakers. A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal, by Allen E Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History The Fowler Museum at UCLA or more commonly, The Fowler is a museum on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) which explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present. , Los Angeles, 2003; distributed by the University of Washington Press, Seattle. 9" x 12". 284 pp., 2 b/w & 274 color photos, map. $45 softcover. Explores the arts and expressive culture of the Sufi religious movement known as the Mouride Way, which is based on the teachings of Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Amadou Bamba. Illustrates glass paintings, calligraphic cal·lig·ra·phy n. 1. a. The art of fine handwriting. b. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group. 2. Handwriting. art, murals and signs, textiles, and contemporary paintings. Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, edited by Martha G. Anderson and Philip M Peek UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 2002: distributed by the University of Washington Press, Seattle. 9" x 12". 364 pp., 93 b/w & 366 color illustrations, 6 maps. $50 softcover. Considers issues of cultural convergence and divergence within the Niger Delta of southern Nigeria, whose waterways serve to separate and unite numerous ethnic groups, each with its own cultural traditions. Essays examine and celebrate the "water-related" ethos and the "warrior" ethos that are present throughout the Delta and explore the influence of its unique environment on belief systems and material culture. Veil: Veiling, Representation, and Contemporary Art, edited by David A. Bailey and Gilane Tawadros. The MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, Mass., and the Institute of International Visual Arts, London, 2003. 8 3/4" x 8 3/4". 188 pp., 40 b/w & 35 color illustrations. $25 softcover. Explores the representation of the veil in contemporary visual arts. Commissioned essays together with classical historical texts crossing religions, cultures, genders, and ages--from Greek myths to articles published in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. |
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