Embodying Relation: Art Photography in Mali
(Part of the Art History Publication Initiative Series)
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In Embodying Relation Allison Moore examines the tensions between the local and the global in the art photography movement in Bamako, Mali, which blossomed in the 1990s after Malian photographers Seydou Ke ta and Malick Sidib became internationally famous and the Bamako Photography Biennale was founded. Moore traces the trajectory of Malian photography from the 1880s--when photography first arrived as an apparatus of French colonialism--to the first African studio practitioners of the 1930s and the establishment in 1994 of the Bamako Biennale, Africa's most important continent-wide photographic exhibition. In her detailed discussion of Bamakois artistic aesthetics and institutions, Moore examines the post-fame careers of Ke ta and Sidib , the biennale's structure, the rise of women photographers, cultural preservation through photography, and how Mali's shift to democracy in the early 1990s enabled Bamako's art scene to flourish. Moore shows how Malian photographers' focus on cultural exchange, affective connections with different publics, and merging of traditional cultural precepts with modern notions of art embody Caribbean philosopher and poet douard Glissant's notion of "relation" in ways that spark new artistic forms, practices, and communities.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1478006625
ISBN13:9781478006626
Release Date:June 2020
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.53 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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