Beyond Borders

September 01 2019 Beyond Borders: Global Africa Beyond Borders: Global Africa curated by Laurade Becker A. Alfred Taubman Gallery, University of Michigan Museum of ArtAugust 11–November 25, 2018 Okechukwu Nwafor Okechukwu Nwafor Okechukwu Nwafor is a University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS) where he is in residence as a 2018–2019 University of Michigan ASC/University of the Witwatersrand WiSER Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow on Photography and Visual Culture. He is also an associate professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Okechukwu Nwafor Okechukwu Nwafor is a University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS) where he is in residence as a 2018–2019 University of Michigan ASC/University of the Witwatersrand WiSER Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow on Photography and Visual Culture. He is also an associate professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. [email protected] Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2019 by the Regents of the University of California.2019The Regents of the University of California African Arts (2019) 52 (3): 75–77. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00484 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Okechukwu Nwafor; Beyond Borders: Global Africa. African Arts 2019; 52 (3): 75–77. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00484 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search Beyond Borders: Global Africa joined previous shows around the world to expand the thematic and formalistic narratives of African art in terms of genealogy, identification, transatlantic networks, and influence. While borders can conjure the calamitous aftermath of the transatlantic itinerary, “beyond borders” in this exhibition was theorized as an invitation to question the geopolitics of aesthetics under late capitalism. In doing so, curator Laura de Becker, the Helmut and Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art at UMMA, remarked that “to draw a border is to perform a conceptual act that demarcates, defines, and classifies” (2018: 8). Having defined “border,” she went ahead to transcend its sociological and psychological imaginaries through a nuanced reading of previously neglected art historical narratives and arrived at a unique curatorial paradigm. This paradigm involved the assembling... © 2019 by the Regents of the University of California.2019The Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content

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