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El Hadji Sy – Painting, Performance, Politics
Clementine Deliss
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Description for El Hadji Sy – Painting, Performance, Politics
Paperback. El Hadji Sy is one of the most significant figures in African contemporary art and an internationally recognized activist. This book places the artist's work in the context of activism in Senegal since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1372.
El Hadji Sy is one of the most significant figures in African contemporary art. Since the late 1970s, the Senegalese artist and curator has helped shape the country's thriving art scene through his innovative painting and performance art. But El Sy is also an internationally recognized activist, having founded the collectives Laboratoire Agit-Art and Tenq, which aim to create contemporary art that engages with the country's pressing social and political issues. The first comprehensive publication on El Sy, this book places the artist's work in the context of activism in Senegal since the country gained independence from France in 1960. ... Read more
El Hadji Sy is one of the most significant figures in African contemporary art. Since the late 1970s, the Senegalese artist and curator has helped shape the country's thriving art scene through his innovative painting and performance art. But El Sy is also an internationally recognized activist, having founded the collectives Laboratoire Agit-Art and Tenq, which aim to create contemporary art that engages with the country's pressing social and political issues. The first comprehensive publication on El Sy, this book places the artist's work in the context of activism in Senegal since the country gained independence from France in 1960. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Zurich, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037348413
SKU
V9783037348413
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Ref
99-1
About Clementine Deliss
Clementine Deliss is the director of the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt, where Yvette Mutumba is the research curator for African art. Together, they are the coeditors of Foreign Exchange, also published by Diaphanes.
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