Allyson Purpura
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5455746 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Allyson Purpura |
| PRENOMES | Allyson |
| SOBRENOME | Purpura |
| ASSINATURA | PURPURA A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Allyson Purpura is curator at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been research specialist and guest curator at the National Museum of African Art, the Mexican Heritage Plaza and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and has collaborated with contemporary artists on a number of exhibition and writing projects. |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Portrait of Seyyid Silima from Zanzibar
This chapter explores karama, baraka, and thawabu are all concepts which imply that the ‘effects’ of piety, as conveyed through prayer, move well beyond the individual. It explores portrait then the dynamics of Seyyid Silima’s characterisation — not simply as a keenly devout, God-fearing Muslim, but as a person whose identity as such has evolved out of his ongoing involvement in social relations based largely on the performance of prayer. The cha…
Exhibition Reviews
On the Verge
In the fi rst issue of African Arts devoted to ephemeral art (vol. 42, no. 3, 2009), articles by Aimee Bessire, Dominique Malaquais, David Doris, and Stephanie Hornbeck demonstrated the creative depth and range of the ephemeral as a technique for exploring the intersections between the temporal, material, and epistemological dimensions of aesthetic practice in Africa. Whether manifested in metaphor, as a physical attribute of an object, or in the…
Framing the Ephemeral
September 01 2009 Framing the Ephemeral Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura is curator at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been research specialist and guest curator at the National Museum of African Art, the Mexican Heritage Plaza and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and has collaborated with contemporary artists on a number of exhibition and writing projects. purpura@illinoi…
Inscribing Meaning
September 01 2007 Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art Christine Mullen Kreamer, Christine Mullen Kreamer CHRISTINE MULLEN KREAMER is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mary Nooter Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts MARY (POLLY) NOOTER ROBERTS is deputy director and chief curator at the Fowl…
Recent Exhibitions
Framing the Ephemeral
September 01 2009 Framing the Ephemeral Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura is curator at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been research specialist and guest curator at the National Museum of African Art, the Mexican Heritage Plaza and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and has collaborated with contemporary artists on a number of exhibition and writing projects. purpura@illinoi…
Inscribing Meaning
September 01 2007 Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art Christine Mullen Kreamer, Christine Mullen Kreamer CHRISTINE MULLEN KREAMER is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mary Nooter Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts MARY (POLLY) NOOTER ROBERTS is deputy director and chief curator at the Fowl…
Recent Exhibitions
Inscribing Meaning
September 01 2007 Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art Christine Mullen Kreamer, Christine Mullen Kreamer CHRISTINE MULLEN KREAMER is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mary Nooter Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts MARY (POLLY) NOOTER ROBERTS is deputy director and chief curator at the Fowl…
Framing the Ephemeral
September 01 2009 Framing the Ephemeral Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura Allyson Purpura is curator at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been research specialist and guest curator at the National Museum of African Art, the Mexican Heritage Plaza and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and has collaborated with contemporary artists on a number of exhibition and writing projects. purpura@illinoi…
On the Verge
In the fi rst issue of African Arts devoted to ephemeral art (vol. 42, no. 3, 2009), articles by Aimee Bessire, Dominique Malaquais, David Doris, and Stephanie Hornbeck demonstrated the creative depth and range of the ephemeral as a technique for exploring the intersections between the temporal, material, and epistemological dimensions of aesthetic practice in Africa. Whether manifested in metaphor, as a physical attribute of an object, or in the…
Exhibition Reviews
Portrait of Seyyid Silima from Zanzibar
This chapter explores karama, baraka, and thawabu are all concepts which imply that the ‘effects’ of piety, as conveyed through prayer, move well beyond the individual. It explores portrait then the dynamics of Seyyid Silima’s characterisation — not simply as a keenly devout, God-fearing Muslim, but as a person whose identity as such has evolved out of his ongoing involvement in social relations based largely on the performance of prayer. The cha…
Art (6 obras) · Visual arts (5 obras) · African history and culture studies (3 obras) · Art history (3 obras) · Exhibition (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Ephemeral key (2 obras) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 obras) · The arts (2 obras)