{"title":"Elvira Dyangani Ose","description":"\u003cp\u003eElvira Dyangani Ose's work explores the intersections of art, society, and collective identity, inviting readers to consider the role of portraiture and social events in shaping cultural narratives. Her writings offer insightful reflections on how communities engage through shared experiences and representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the study of \u003cem\u003earts \u0026amp; culture\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection invites a thoughtful journey through contemporary discourse on agency and social interaction within visual culture. Readers interested in critical perspectives on art and society will find these works compelling and enriching.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"events-of-the-social-portraiture-and-collective-agency-by-elvira-dyangani-ose-9783969990872","title":"Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective Agency","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a comprehensive investigation into photographic works by artists from the African continent and its diaspora. Taking the politics of the \"colonial gaze\" as its starting point, \u003ci\u003eEvents of the Social\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the diverse complexity of the nineteenth-century archive through a selection of vintage portraits, cartes de visite, postcards, and album pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree generations of African artists from the 1940s till now chart the changing features of African societies through portraiture, exploring notions of the self, gender, sexuality, race, social status, and politics. The book also examines landscape and the built environment, showing how architecture and spatial planning convey social order and ideology while reflecting experiences of migration, colonialism, war, and industrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother group of artists, born after the mid-1970s, explores issues of social identity, lineage, questions of belonging, and personal experiences. Artists featured include Sammy Baloji, Jodi Bieber, Mimi Cherono Ng'ok, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, David Goldblatt, Seydou Keïta, Zanele Muholi, Malick Sidibé, and Mikhael Subotzky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvents of the Social\u003c\/i\u003e signifies The Walther Collection's goal to display, discover, and study photography emerging from Africa and its diaspora as a space of global human significance. - Elvira Dyangani Ose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-published with The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455555879148,"sku":"9783969990872","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71IJFYPP5vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774782854"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/elvira-dyangani-ose.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}