Ashraf Jamal

An inclusive exercise in cultural analysis, In the World deals with the gravitas and folly of identity politics, the boom of so-called African art, and the fetish and fascination with a global Esperanto. Designed to provoke thought and feeling, it is hoped that this collection of essays on South African art will reach a wide audience. The book's strength lies...

Most famously shot against a ruined wall in Westbury, Johannesburg, Rhode's images cling nostalgically—yet hopelessly—to the particularity of a place in the very moment that longing is cancelled out. Symptoms of exile, screeds for loss, they evoke a sentiment shared by the great Palestinian humanist, Edward Said, for whom 'A part of something is for the foreseeable future going to...

The definitive and debut publication of the Qatar-based ARAK Collection - home to over 4000 works by artists from Sub-Saharan Africa. The book features artworks from more than 100 artists in the collection. It serves as an essential framing text for the ARAK Collection and provides a much-needed perspective on contemporary art from the continent. Through the ARAK Collection, one...