Condition Report

Symposium on Building Art Institutions in Africa

Edited by Koyo Kouoh. Text by Abdellah Karroum, Koyo Kouoh, Simon Njami, Oumar Sall, Françoise Vergès, Hortensia Völckers, et al.

Published by Hatje Cantz

The essays in this book address the changing role of art institutions and initiatives in Africa, where the cultural and artistic context is characterized by a predominance of government led art programs and infrastructure. The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a variety of independent art spaces using a wide range of formats to promote art and critical exchange.

These initiatives draw a new cartography of artistic action in Africa. This reader looks at the structural and programmatic issues at play within those institutions. Models and profiles of art institutions developed in other regions of the world are also examined. The publication also discusses how former colonial powers define and implement their strategies of cultural representation and exchange in post-colonial areas, and how these in turn influence local dynamics of cultural action.

English, French
2013. 296 pp., 26 ills.
14.90 x 21.20 cm
ISBN 978-3-7757-3749-4