Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Afrika 14 Gegenwartskünstler aus Côte d´Ivoire und Bénin

• Main Author: Fillitz, Thomas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Anthropology; Anthropology of art; art worlds; contemporary art of Africa; global art; globalization; Gegenwartskünstler aus Cote d"Ivoire und Benin; Afrika; Frankreich; Holz; Malerei
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Contemporary art of Africa reached a wider audience in the aftermath of the Magiciens de la Terre exhibition (Paris 1989). This study of fourteen artists from Ivory Coast and Benin is based on ethnographic fieldwork in both countries (1997), during which I worked with several artists. In order to co...