1st Edition

Methodology, Ideology and Pedagogy of African Art Primitive to Metamodern

Edited By Moyo Okediji Copyright 2024
326 Pages 19 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 19 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 19 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume, including contributions from scholars with different areas of specialization, investigates a broad range of methodologies, ideologies and pedagogies focusing on the study of the art of Africa, using theoretical reflections and applications from primitivism to metamodernism. Chapters break the externally imposed boundaries of Africa-related works beyond the conventional... Read more

1. On the Invention of "Traditional" Art

John Picton

2. Sensiotics or the Study of the Senses in Material Culture and History in Africa and Beyond

Henry John Drewal

3. Dancing Nkhoba: The Flow of Sound and Healthy Bodies in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania

Marguerite E.H. Lenius

4. African Meanings, Western Words

Barry Hallen

5. Chwuechology: Indigenous African Art Education

Akinyi Wadende

6. Azande and Mangbetu Artists as Social Critics in the Belgian Congo 1909–1915: What Are the Implications for Contemporary Artists and Museums Today?

Nancy Pauly

7. Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes

Bolaji Campbell

8. Conflict and Peace: Gender and Spiritual Dimensions of Eguìnguìn Performance

Funmi Saliu Imaledo

9. IÌbaÌ Fuìn Obinrin: Monochromatic Mythography of Yoruba Female Power

Kehinde Adepegba

10. Creativity and Identity Construction in Contemporary Yoruba Art

Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe

11. African Art, the Venice Biennale, and the Politics of Visibility

Janine A. Sytsma

12. The Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors: Africa in New Orleans

Cynthia Becker

13. Speaking into Being: The Resonance of Empathy in the Work of Elizabeth Catlett

Melanie Anne Herzog

14. Sacred Spaces: Antonius Roberts and Public Sanctuaries

Moyo Okediji

15. Reflections and Reminiscences Revisited: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, African-Based Worldviews, and Cross-Cultural Diasporic Connections

Andrea E. Frohne

16. Akwaaba/Continuum: Manifesto of an African Artist

Rikki Wemega-Kwawu

17. Èṣù Ẹlẹgba Agency in the Critical Imagery of African American Artist John Yancey

Christopher Adejumo

18. Toward a Sonic African Diasporic Re-Membering

Jacqueline Cofield

Biography

Moyo Okediji is Professor of African Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.