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Selected Writings, Volume 1: Toward a New African Art Discourse

Selected Writings, Volume 1: Toward a New African Art Discourse

Enwezor, Okwui
Smith, Terry

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Art Criticism & TheoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 1478028319
ISBN13: 9781478028314
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Aug 5 2025
Pages: 472
Weight: 3.00
Height: 1.10 Width: 7.20 Depth: 10.30
Language: English
Okwui Enwezor is widely regarded as a leader among the brilliant curators who emerged in the 1990s to set agendas for understanding the global expansiveness of contemporary art. Among his pathfinding exhibitions were the second Johannesburg Biennale (1997), the paradigm-shifting Documenta11 (2002), Archive Fever (2008), and Postwar (2016). In addition to breaking ground as a curator, Enwezor was also a prolific critic, essayist, and theorist. Selected Writings--a landmark two-volume set--brings together Enwezor's most influential and foundational works. Spanning a quarter-century, these selections reflect the depth and breadth of Enwezor's writing and its role in his tireless efforts to decolonize the art world. Volume 1, Toward a New African Art Discourse, includes fifteen essays written between 1994 and 2006. Drawn from exhibition catalogs, art journals, interviews with artists, art reviews, curatorial statements, historical studies, and book chapters, these texts show him striving to fulfil the first main ambition that drove his career: to found and sustain what he called a New African Art Discourse. Demonstrating that his writing helped fulfill this goal, this collection reaffirms Enwezor's status as a transformational figure in the global contemporary art world.

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