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Book Synopsis: Reading African art's impact on modernism as an international phenomenon, The “Black Art” Renaissance tracks a series of twentieth-century engagements with canonical African sculpture by European, African American, and sub-Saharan African artists and theorists. Notwithstanding its occurrence during the benighted colonial period, the Paris avant-garde “discovery” of African sculpture—known then as art nègre, or “black art”—eventually came to affect nascent Afro-modernisms, whose artists and critics commandeered visual and rhetorical uses of the same sculptural canon and the same term. Within this trajectory, “black art” evolved as a framework for asserting control over appropriative practices introduced by Europeans, and it helped forge alliances by redefining concepts of humanism, race, and civilization. From the Fauves and Picasso to the Harlem Renaissance, and from the work of South African artist Ernest Mancoba to the imagery of Negritude and the École de Dakar, African sculpture’s influence proved transcontinental in scope and significance. Through this extensively researched study, Joshua I. Cohen argues that art history’s alleged centers and margins must be conceived as interconnected and mutually informing. The “Black Art” Renaissance reveals just how much modern art has owed to African art on a global scale.
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Experience the captivating world of African art with "The Black Art Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism across Continents". This groundbreaking book explores the profound impact of African art on the development of modernism internationally. Through extensive research, Joshua I. Cohen traces the engagements of European, African American, and sub-Saharan African artists and theorists with canonical African sculpture.
The Paris avant-garde's "discovery" of African sculpture, known as art nègre or "black art," set off a revolution that shaped Afro-modernisms. Artists and critics of the time used the same sculptural canon and term to reclaim control over appropriative practices introduced by Europeans. "Black art" became a powerful framework for challenging traditional notions of humanism, race, and civilization.
From the groundbreaking works of the Fauves and Picasso to the vibrancy of the Harlem Renaissance, the influence of African sculpture transcended borders and continents. Ernest Mancoba's South African art and the imagery of Negritude and the École de Dakar all contribute to the rich tapestry of African art's global significance.
Joshua I. Cohen's "The Black Art Renaissance" uncovers the interconnectedness of art history's alleged centers and margins. This meticulously researched study reveals the immense debt that modern art owes to African art. Unlock the secrets of this transcontinental influence and gain a new perspective on the history of art.
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