contemporary art in and out africa: diasporic resonance
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Renee Cox, Saartjie Baartman (Hottentot Venus) Photography, 1995TRANSCRIPT
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Contemporary Art in and Out Africa:
Diasporic Resonance
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The Spectacle of Human Difference: The Exotic “Other”
And Colonial Misadventure
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Renee Cox,Saartjie Baartman(Hottentot Venus)Photography, 1995
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A French print “La Belle Hottentot” after the display and objectification of Sarah Bartman (Saartje Bartman) in Britain and France, ca. 1814
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Unknown artist, Femme de race Boschimanne,Water color on velum, 1815—supposedly an illustration of a (Khoisan) South African Woman with extended steatopgyia—pandering to European fantasy of the exotic “other”
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Cartoon based on Saartjie (Sarah) Baartman,The Hottentot Venus
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Josephine Baker and the cult of Negrophilia
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In 1830 two Taxidermists—The VerreauxBrothers stole the remain of a recently Deceased San man from his grave. “El Negro”,Stuffed remains of a Southern AfricanMan displayed at Darder MuseumBanyole, Spain for about 170 yearsBefore it was returned to BotswanaIn 2000
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Joseph Paxton, The Crystal Palace, 1851….destroyed by fire November 30, 1936
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The Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition, London, 1851
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Display of Goods from England, The Great Exhibition, 1851The Great Exhibition
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Dahomey Village, Midway Plaisance World ‘s Columbian Exposition, Chicago1893.
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British Marines displaying their loot after the sack of Benin, 1897
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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, oil on canvas, 1907
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Faith Ringgold, Picasso’s Studio, Acrylic on canvas And tie-dye fabric, 1991
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Jasper Johns, Flag, wax encaustic on canvas, 1962
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Faith Ringgold, Flag is Bleeding, oil on canvas, 1967
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Faith Ringgold, Flag for the Moon: Die N…, o/c 1969
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Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, mixed media, 1972
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Chris Ofili,The Holy Virgin Mary,Acrylic, resin, oil paper collage,Elephant dung on linen,1996
Imagery of Mary the mother of Jesus; asexualized imagery of Aunt Jemima-the Black Mammy stereotype, domestic/wet nurse
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Kara Walker—a subtlety or the marvelous Sugar Baby, 2014
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At the Heart of the Empire
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Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, installation 14 chairs, 14 tablesWax prints, 2000
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Yinka Shonibare, Un Ballo in Maschera (Courtiers V) Three mannequins on glass bases, Dutch wax-printed cotton fabric, leather shoes.67 x 120 x 72" (overall), The Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British ArtPhotography by Erik Gould
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Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498, tempera and oil on plaster (Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan)
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Yinka Shonibare, The Last Supper (after Leonardo) mixed media, 2013
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Renee Cox, Yo Mama Last Supper, C-Print Photograph, 1996
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Dean Simon, Mandela surrounded by Peacemaker around the World, black & white painting2013
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Edouard Manet, Olympia, oil on canvas, 1863
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Renee Cox, Olympia’s Boyz, Digital c-print, 2001
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Edouard Manet, "The Luncheon on the Grass“, oil on canvas, 1862/1863
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Renee Cox, Cousins at pussy pond, 2001
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Bernie Searle,Snow White,“Still” Photo-reproduction from Her “Two Projector video installation”2001
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Bernie Searle, Untitled form The Color Me Series, Photo-reproduction, 1998-9
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Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys, mixed media, 1985-86
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Nkisi Nkonde,Kongo Peoples, ZaireWood, cord, iron, nails, feathers, pigmentNatural fibers20th century h. 83 cm
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Renee Stout,Fetish # 2,Mixed media, 1988h. 64 in. (162 cm)
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The Dinya HeadNok, Nigeriac. 500 BC – AD 200( 2500 – 1800 BP )Terracotta36 x 22.5 cm
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El Anatsui,Chambers of Memory,Terracotta,1979
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El AnatsuiPatches of History IIIWood1993
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El Anatsui, Earth’s Skin, mixed media, 2007
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El Anatsui, Searching for Connections (TsiaTsia ) bottle tops, printing plates,Aluminum and Copper wire, 2013
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