Events of the self : portraiture and social identity : contemporary African photography from The Walther Collection / edited by Okwui Enwezor.
Language: English, German Publication details: [Burlafingen] : Göttingen : The Walther Collection ; Steidl, 2010. Edition: 1st edDescription: 445 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 33 cmISBN: 3869301570 (hbk.); 9783869301570 (hbk.)Other title: Contemporary African photography from The Walther CollectionSubject(s): Walther Collection -- Exhibitions | Portraits, African -- Exhibitions | Portrait photography -- Exhibitions. -- Africa | Photography -- Exhibitions. -- AfricaDDC classification: 779.096 LOC classification: TR 646 .A35 W35 2010| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | TR646.A35 W35 2010 | Not for loan | 006966 |
"Featuring works by Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Candice Breitz, Allan DeSouza, Theo Eshetu, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Romuald Hazoumè, Pieter Hugo, Seydou Keïta, Maha Maamoun, Boubacar Touré Mandémory, Salem Mekuria, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, James Muriuku, Ingrid Mwangi, Grace Ndiritu, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Jo Ractliffe, August Sander, Berni Searle, Malick Sidibé, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Hentie van der Merwe, and Nontsike (Lolo) Veleko."
Accompanies exhibition in Burlafingen, Germany, opening June 2010.
Includes bibliographical references.
and Willis E. Hartshorn Artur Walther -- Okwui Enwezor -- Okwui Enwezor -- Gabriele Conrath-Scholl -- Virginia Heckert -- Chika Okeke-Agulu -- Deborah Willis -- Santu Mofokeng -- Kobena Mercer. The making of a collection : a conversation / Events of the self : portraiture and social identity - a conceptual framework / Portraiture and social transition: Gesture, pose, mimesis : Seydou Keïta's portraits / August Sander : to see things as they are / Typologies and taxonomies: An archive of basic industrial forms : The work of Bernd and Hilla Becher / J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere's Nigerian hairstyles / Malick Sidibé: the front of the back view / The black photo album : look at me, 1890-1950 / Figuration and theatricality: Neo-romantic, Afro-Atlantic : Rotimi Fani Kayode's aesthetic singularity /
Text in English with German translation.