Selene Wendtová je historička umění, kurátorka a spisovatelka, která se zaměřuje na současné umění a jeho různé formy vyjádření. Její práce se často ponoří do hlubších významů uměleckých děl a zkoumá, jak vizuální jazyk a kulturní kontext utvářejí naše vnímání krásy a potěšení. Wendtová se zajímá o zkoumání spojení mezi uměním, textilem a vyprávěním příběhů, přičemž odhaluje skryté nitky, které spojují umělce a jejich publikum. Prostřednictvím svých spisů přináší do popředí jedinečné perspektivy a často zkoumá méně prozkoumané oblasti uměleckého světa.
The book offers an in-depth exploration of Marâia Magdalena Campos-Pons' four-decade career as a contemporary artist. It highlights her diverse contributions across various mediums, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, and performance. Through this survey, readers gain insight into her artistic evolution and the themes that permeate her work, showcasing her impact on the contemporary art scene.
Lesser-known tales of anticolonial defiance in artworks and marginal histories worldwide The artists featured in this book create compelling narratives that shed light on the entangled colonial histories that connect Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Collectively, these artists provide crucial insight into some of the lesser-known aspects of colonial history, such as Norwegian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. They describe the lives of freedom fighters such as Venus Johannes, Mary Thomas, Olaudah Equiano and Anna Heegaard. By highlighting the stories of those who have been historically silenced, we encounter a more nuanced understanding of colonial history and the factors that have contributed to the continued effects of colonialism today, most evidently witnessed in the prevalence of institutional, systemic and everyday racism, poverty and forced migration.Artists include : John Akomfrah, La Vaughn Belle, Manthia Diawara, Jeannette Ehlers, Michelle Eistrup, Sasha Huber, Oceana James, Patricia Kaersenhout, Grada Kilomba, Suchitra Mattai and Alberta Whittle.
The book features work by contemporary artists who address issues of migration and displacement from both a historical and contemporary perspective.Inspired by the seminal poem by the St. Lucian Nobel-laureate poet Derek Walcott, The Sea is History explores topics related to postcolonial discourse that are not limited to a single geographic region, one type of visual art practice, or one specific theoretical approach. As such, the volume brings the individual perspectives and narratives of each participating artist to the fore, while also questioning how these various histories are interconnected and entangled.Within this context, migration and displacement are recurring themes that relate to a timeframe that begins with the Atlantic slave trade and continues until today.This fully illustrated catalogue will include essays by Salah M. Hassan, Manthia Diawara, Annie Paul, and Selene Wendt, as well as an essay and a selection of poems by Ishion Hutchinson. Poems by Linton Kwesi Johnson, Kei Miller, Christian Campbell, and Nyugen E. Smith will also be featured.
'ReFrom' documents the creative process of artist Pepón Osorio as he translates the closure of Fairhill Elementary School, Philadelphia into a moving installation that honours the history of this school through collaborations with the many generations of students who were taught there