African Artists from 1882 to Now (Pre-order)

Phaidon Editors with introduction by Chika Okeke-Agulu and glossary by Joseph L Underwood

Price: USD$69.95

 

A groundbreaking A-Z appraisal of the work of over 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Africa

In recent years Africa’s booming art scene has gained substantial global attention, with a growing number of international exhibitions and a stronger-than-ever presence on the art market worldwide. Here, for the first time, is the most substantial survey to date of modern and contemporary African-born or Africa-based artists. Working with a panel of experts, this volume builds on the success of Phaidon’s bestselling Great Women Artists in re-writing a more inclusive and diverse version of art history.

 

Format: Hardback

Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)

Pages: 352 pp

Illustrations: 315 illustrations

ISBN: 9781838662431

About the author

Conceived and edited by Phaidon editors.

Chika Okeke-Agulu is Professor of African and African Diaspora Art at Princeton University. He is the author of several books including Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria (2015), and is a co-editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art.