African Art in Grove
Jane Alexander: Infantry with Beast, fiberglass, oil paint, cast found shoes,
pure wool carpet, 27 Figures 2008-10, Beast 2003
Grove Art Online is pleased to present a group of over 40 new and significantly updated articles on topics in African art. The centerpiece of this project is a group of new and substantially revised essays on the contexts and production of use of African art, Modern African art, and African museums. With this update we are particularly pleased to introduce African film to Grove readers. Following a new overview of the topic, this coverage includes new essays on Nollywood as well as new biographies of filmmakers Djibirl Diop Mambety and Ousmane Sembène. This update, with new and extensively updated articles on the Great Mosque of Djenné, Mousgoum architecture, Sudanic architecture, tents, and vernacular architecture as well as essays on architects David Adjaye and Demas Nwoko, marks our expanded coverage of African architecture. This project also features 20 new and substantially revised biographies of contemporary African artists, including Jane Alexander, Sammy Baloji, Magdalene Odundo, and Zineb Sedira, among others. Filling out these exciting materials are 24 bibliographic updates in important areas of the field. This update is a wonderful complement to Grove’s existing coverage of African art, and it is my hope that it sets the stage for continued growth in this area.
I would like to thank the many scholars who have contributed to this update. In particular, I would like to acknowledge Kimberly Bobier (University of North Carolina) and Erica P. Jones (University of California, Los Angeles) who took on the thankless task of updating bibliographies for this project. I would also like to express appreciation to the institutions and individuals who have generously provided the wonderful images to illustrate Grove’s texts.
Steven Nelson
Associate Professor of African and African American Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
Member, Grove Art Editorial Board
Contributors
Marla C. Berns, Fowler Museum at UCLA: Magdalene Odundo
Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: African Museums
Kimberly Bobier, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Fernando Alvim; Hassan Musa; Antonio Olé
Kristina Borrman, University of California, Los Angeles: David Adjaye, Demas N. Nwoko
Mary Ann Braubach, University of California, Los Angeles: Gavin Jantjes; Helen Sebidi
Bolaji V. Campbell: Rhode Island School of Design, Susanne Wenger
Jennie Carlisle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Djibril Diop Mambety, Ousmane Sembène
Mark Dike Delancey, DePaul University: Great Mosque of Djenné; Mousgoum Architecture; Sudanic Architecture; Tents; Vernacular Architecture: Sub-Saharan Africa
Russell Gullette, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Kendell Geers
Robin Holmes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Zineb Sedira
dele jegede, Miami University, Ohio: Sokari Douglas Camp
Erica P. Jones, University of California, Los Angeles: Bodys Isek Kingelez
Frederick Lamp, Yale University Art Gallery: Nok
Kevin Mulhearn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Jane Alexander; Ibrahim Njoya; Berni Searle; Sue Williamson
David Murphy, University of Stirling: African Film
Amy Powell, Krannert Art Museum: Exhibitions
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, University of California, Santa Barbara: Nollywood
Chika Okeke-Agulu, Princeton University: Modern African Art; Contemporary African Art (forthcoming)
Christine Robinson, University of California, Los Angeles: Ingrid Mwangi (IngridMwangiRobertHutter); Eileen Perrier
Victoria L. Rovine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Contexts of Production and Use
Konjit Seyoum, Ansi Gallery, Addis Ababa: Skunder Boghossian
Elaine E. Sullivan, University of California, Los Angeles: Sammy Baloji; Aimé Mpane
Lauren Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles: Doual’art; Joseph-Francis Sumégné
Smooth Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College: Dak’Art, Biennale of Contemporary African Art
Tobias Wofford, Santa Clara University: First World Festival of Negro Arts; Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
