In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995

Elizabeth Harney

Published by Duke University Press 2004

In Senghor's Shadow

Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995

Elizabeth Harney
Edited by: Nicholas Thomas

In the series Objects/Histories

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822386056

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About this book

A study of art in post-independence Senegal.

Author / Editor information

Elizabeth Harney is Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Art at the University of Toronto. She was the first curator of contemporary art at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (1999–2003). She is the editor of Ethiopian Passages: Contemporary Art from the Diaspora.

Reviews

“Over the last three decades the study of modern and contemporary African art has moved inexorably into the mainstream of art history where it rightfully belongs. Elizabeth Harney’s scintillating study of modernism, modernity, the avant-garde, and the African imagination not only contributes to but enlarges the discursive and historiographic borders of the ‘new art history.’ Her detailed and beautifully written work provides a guiding insight into the centrality of Negritude in any history of modernism. This book is an invaluable resource for all those interested in African art history and its contributions to the history of the modernist avant-garde.”—Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director of Documenta 11 and publisher and founder of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art

“There is no book on any contemporary African art that even comes close to the richness and sophistication of this text.”—Christopher Steiner, author of African Art in Transit

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Rhythm as the Architecture of Being: Reflections on un Âme Nègre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 The École de Dakar: Pan-Africanism in Paint and Textile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3 Laboratories of Avant-Gardism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
4 After the Avant-Garde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
5 Passport to the Global Art World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 360
Illustrations
- Other: 14 color photos, 78 b&w photos

eBook

Published: November 23, 2004
ISBN: 9780822386056