Congo
A Century of Congolese Art in Antwerp
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9466941 |
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| Authors | Kris Goffin (0000-0001-9914-0289, Birkbeck, University of London; KU Leuven; University of Antwerp, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-389 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/ayab030 |
| OpenAlex | W3195173172 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The Congolese art collection of the city of Antwerp celebrated its 100th birthday in 2020. 100 × Congo displays 100 Congolese artworks of this collection. The curators are Els De Palmenaer (Keeper of the Africa collection of the MAS) and Nadia Nsayi (political scientist and Congo-expert). As I will discuss the importance of being transparent about one’s epistemic perspectives, I believe it is appropriate to mention that I am a white man who grew up in Belgium. I am speaking from this perspective. As the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a former colony of Belgium, colonization is thematized in this exhibition. I think that this exhibition is a successful contribution to the decolonization of this Congolese art collection. This is the main idea I want to articulate in this review. The main part of the exhibition centres on 100 Congolese artworks, ranging from carefully crafted tools, such as eating
Art · Art history · Decolonization · Democracy · Exhibition · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · African Studies and Ethnography · Cultural Identity and Heritage · French Urban and Social Studies · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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