Dak'art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art 9781350106499, 9781003085157

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Dak'art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art
 9781350106499, 9781003085157

Table of contents :
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Content
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Notes on Texts
Introduction
Part I Historical Perspectives
Chapter 1: The Foundation and History of the Biennale of Dakar
Chapter 2: A Politico-Economic History of Modern and Contemporary Art in Senegal : From Négritude to the Logics of the Open Society
Chapter 3: The ‘Distancing Children’ from Senghor’s Openness Take a Stance
Part II: Dak’Art – the Biennale of Contemporary African Art
Chapter 4: Selection Committees, Selection Processes and Application Procedures
Chapter 5: Encounters and Exchanges: An Intellectual History of the Biennale of Dakar
Chapter 6: Dak’Art and the Production of its Public
Chapter 7: The Biennale of Dakar and the State of Senegal
Chapter 8: Reimagining the Biennale of Dakar
Part III: Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art
Chapter 9: The Making of a Canon: Historicizing Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art
Chapter 10: All the City is an Exhibition: The Dak’Art –Off in the Biennale and in Dakar’s Art World City
Chapter 11: Dak’Art’s Ecosystem: In and Out of Senegal
Epilogue: Global Biennial Discourses: A Critical View from Dak’Art
Notes
References
Index

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