The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015
The increasing global visibility of modern and contemporary African art makes it imperative to determine how art history frames the emergent subject/context. How do emergent theories and analyses of modern/contemporary African art position Africa within global debates about cultural production in ge...
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doaj-e2575310c7ba47bc801fcbe11bcd15ee2020-11-25T03:11:27ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522020-06-012222SOO1The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie 0University of California, Santa BarbaraThe increasing global visibility of modern and contemporary African art makes it imperative to determine how art history frames the emergent subject/context. How do emergent theories and analyses of modern/contemporary African art position Africa within global debates about cultural production in general? How do scholars narrate a history of modern and contemporary art in Africa that unfolds from the viewpoint of the African subject / subjectivity rather than from the viewpoint of its negation by Western discourse? What approaches to historical data and interpretation are suitable for such analysis and what kind of art history does it produce? I use Chika Okeke-Agulu’s Postcolonial Modernism to evaluate these issues in relation to the politics of academic writing.https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/ogbechie-rev.pdfpostcolonial modernismmodern african artcolonialismpostcolonialismzaria art societyuche okekeben enwonwuulli beiernegritudekenneth murrayaina onabolu |
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The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015 |
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The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015 |
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The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015 |
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The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015 |
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The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity . Review of: Chika Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015 |
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pathfinder paradox: historicizing african art within global modernity . review of: chika okeke-agulu, postcolonial modernism: art and decolonization in 20th century nigeria. durham: duke university press, 2015 |
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham |
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Journal of Art Historiography |
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The increasing global visibility of modern and contemporary African art makes it imperative to determine how art history frames the emergent subject/context. How do emergent theories and analyses of modern/contemporary African art position Africa within global debates about cultural production in general? How do scholars narrate a history of modern and contemporary art in Africa that unfolds from the viewpoint of the African subject / subjectivity rather than from the viewpoint of its negation by Western discourse? What approaches to historical data and interpretation are suitable for such analysis and what kind of art history does it produce? I use Chika Okeke-Agulu’s Postcolonial Modernism to evaluate these issues in relation to the politics of academic writing. |
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