ART IN AND OUT OF AFRICA
part One

TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE:
CONTEMPORARY ART IN AND OUT OF AFRICA

panafricanism and the impact of western contemporary art
on african traditions
by Prof. M. Harris at the Ackland Museum-UNC Chapel Hill.
Artist Works
John Biggers

born in 1924 usa

magnification of kuba(Congo) patterns
complex geometrical framework incorporating african patterns

Baptism,1989Shotguns, Fourth Ward,1987
Jeff Donaldson

born in1932 usa

articulates philosophy and aesthetics derived from african culture.

Jam Pact,1989One 4 Bearden, 1991
Yvonne Edwards-Tucker

Amir Nour

born in 1939 sudan

Tamara and the Bird of Ganvie, 1993Grazing at Shendi,1960
Jeff Donaldson Of all the African-American artistic forms that remained most African, music is clearly pre-eminent... Music has the most components that are synonymous with those elements that are perceived to be African. We can see some continuity...
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