Ugochukwu-Smooth C Nzewi
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5455664 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ugochukwu-Smooth C Nzewi |
| PRENOMES | Ugochukwu-Smooth C |
| SOBRENOME | Nzewi |
| ASSINATURA | NZEWI U C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Emory University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Sidney Littlefield Kasfir 1939–2019
Condition Report 3
all photos by Ruth Simbao except where otherwise notedRuth Simbao: Following on from the African Arts dialogue, “Zimbabwe Mobilizes: ICAC's Shift from Coup de Grăce to Cultural Coup” (Simbao et al. 2017) this dialogue considers another important event in the visual arts that recently took place on the African continent. Like the International Conference on African Cultures (ICAC) that was held in Harare in 2017, this event in Dakar contributes in…
The Dak’Art Biennale and Global Black Cultural Politics in the Twentieth Century
The creation of the Dak’Art Biennale in 1989 marked a pivotal moment in the African and international art scenes. President Abdou Diouf’s government had emerged from the worst part of Senegal’s economic crisis in the 1980s and was ready to return to international cultural diplomacy, a central policy thrust of Senegalese government since independence. Coincidentally, the mainstream art world had begun to reexamine the meaning of internationalism i…
Documenta 14
documenta 14 was masterminded by Adam Szymczyk and his team of fifteen curators, writers, and critics, among them Bonaventure Ndikung (Savvy Contemporary Berlin) as curator at large. Ndikung was in charge of the research for potential African contributors at home and abroad and communication with the sixteen of them who ultimately participated.When developing his concept, Adam Szymczyk was irked by the German Finance Minister's statement that Gre…
In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary
June 01 2015 In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary? Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the H…
Dak’Art
The contemporary present and modernist past in postcolonial African art
This article addresses ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’ as two distinct categories in African artistic practices and art history. It engages with exhibitions as sites of knowledge production and examines how they construct narratives of artistic modernism, modernity, and contemporaneity. By focusing on the Tendances et Confrontations exhibition, at the Premier Festival Mondial des Arts Negres Dakar in 1966, and Dak'Art biennials since 1992, it explore…
Ivan Karp (1943–2011)
June 01 2012 Ivan Karp (1943–2011) Mary Jo Arnoldi, Mary Jo Arnoldi Curator for Africa and chair of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Howard Morphy, Howard Morphy Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Research School of the Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University. [email protected]…
Exhibition Reviews
Exhibition Reviews
Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art
June 01 2009 Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art: Featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection: A Case Study in Museum Practice Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi is a graduate student of African art history at Emory University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Carol Thompson, Carol Thompson Carol Thompson is Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, High Museum, Atla…
The contemporary present and modernist past in postcolonial African art
This article addresses ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’ as two distinct categories in African artistic practices and art history. It engages with exhibitions as sites of knowledge production and examines how they construct narratives of artistic modernism, modernity, and contemporaneity. By focusing on the Tendances et Confrontations exhibition, at the Premier Festival Mondial des Arts Negres Dakar in 1966, and Dak'Art biennials since 1992, it explore…
Documenta 14
documenta 14 was masterminded by Adam Szymczyk and his team of fifteen curators, writers, and critics, among them Bonaventure Ndikung (Savvy Contemporary Berlin) as curator at large. Ndikung was in charge of the research for potential African contributors at home and abroad and communication with the sixteen of them who ultimately participated.When developing his concept, Adam Szymczyk was irked by the German Finance Minister's statement that Gre…
The Dak’Art Biennale and Global Black Cultural Politics in the Twentieth Century
The creation of the Dak’Art Biennale in 1989 marked a pivotal moment in the African and international art scenes. President Abdou Diouf’s government had emerged from the worst part of Senegal’s economic crisis in the 1980s and was ready to return to international cultural diplomacy, a central policy thrust of Senegalese government since independence. Coincidentally, the mainstream art world had begun to reexamine the meaning of internationalism i…
In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary
June 01 2015 In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary? Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the H…
Exhibition Reviews
Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art
June 01 2009 Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art: Featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection: A Case Study in Museum Practice Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi is a graduate student of African art history at Emory University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Carol Thompson, Carol Thompson Carol Thompson is Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, High Museum, Atla…
Exhibition Reviews
Ivan Karp (1943–2011)
June 01 2012 Ivan Karp (1943–2011) Mary Jo Arnoldi, Mary Jo Arnoldi Curator for Africa and chair of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Howard Morphy, Howard Morphy Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Research School of the Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University. [email protected]…
The contemporary present and modernist past in postcolonial African art
This article addresses ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’ as two distinct categories in African artistic practices and art history. It engages with exhibitions as sites of knowledge production and examines how they construct narratives of artistic modernism, modernity, and contemporaneity. By focusing on the Tendances et Confrontations exhibition, at the Premier Festival Mondial des Arts Negres Dakar in 1966, and Dak'Art biennials since 1992, it explore…
Dak’Art
In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary
June 01 2015 In the Long Shadows of Euro-America, or, What is Global Contemporary? Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is Curator of African Art at the H…
The Dak’Art Biennale and Global Black Cultural Politics in the Twentieth Century
The creation of the Dak’Art Biennale in 1989 marked a pivotal moment in the African and international art scenes. President Abdou Diouf’s government had emerged from the worst part of Senegal’s economic crisis in the 1980s and was ready to return to international cultural diplomacy, a central policy thrust of Senegalese government since independence. Coincidentally, the mainstream art world had begun to reexamine the meaning of internationalism i…
Documenta 14
documenta 14 was masterminded by Adam Szymczyk and his team of fifteen curators, writers, and critics, among them Bonaventure Ndikung (Savvy Contemporary Berlin) as curator at large. Ndikung was in charge of the research for potential African contributors at home and abroad and communication with the sixteen of them who ultimately participated.When developing his concept, Adam Szymczyk was irked by the German Finance Minister's statement that Gre…
Condition Report 3
all photos by Ruth Simbao except where otherwise notedRuth Simbao: Following on from the African Arts dialogue, “Zimbabwe Mobilizes: ICAC's Shift from Coup de Grăce to Cultural Coup” (Simbao et al. 2017) this dialogue considers another important event in the visual arts that recently took place on the African continent. Like the International Conference on African Cultures (ICAC) that was held in Harare in 2017, this event in Dakar contributes in…
Sidney Littlefield Kasfir 1939–2019
Art (10 obras) · Visual arts (9 obras) · History (6 obras) · The arts (6 obras) · Art history (5 obras) · African history and culture studies (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Exhibition (3 obras) · Icon (3 obras) · Library science (3 obras)