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Platform Africa: Aperture 227

Series: Aperture Magazine
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Platform Africa: Aperture 227 explores the vibrant and evolving spaces that have influenced photography discourse across Africa over the past twenty-five years. This volume highlights biennials, experimental art venues, and educational workshops where artists and audiences engage deeply with photographic practices. Featuring a new wave of powerful artists, the book is shaped by insights from guest editors Bisi Silva, John Fleetwood, and Aicha Diallo, each a key figure in contemporary African art and photography.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book will appeal to readers interested in African contemporary art, photography, and cultural studies, as well as professionals and students engaged in the arts sector seeking to understand dynamic spaces shaping artistic conversations in Africa.

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A detailed look at the dynamic spaces that have shaped conversations about photography in Africa for the last twenty-five years—the biennials, experimental art spaces, and educational workshops in which artists and audiences interact with photography.

Platform Africa: Aperture 227 presents a new generation of powerful artists and is produced in collaboration with guest editors Bisi Silva, Founder and Artistic Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria; John Fleetwood, director of the South Africa-based platform Photo and former head of the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg; and Aicha Diallo, Associate Editor of Contemporary And.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597114196

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 June 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Contributors:

  • Edited by Michael Famighetti

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 234.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 860g

Pages: 144

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