Biographical Sources
New Currents, Ancient Rivers: contemporary African artists in a generation of change. by Location: Mugar Library N7391.65 .K46 1992.This survey of contemporary African art presents nearly 150 artists of sub-Saharan Africa, primarily from Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa--painters, sculptors, fiber artists, printmakers, and filmmakers.
In-Sight: African photographers, 1940 to the present. by Location: Mugar Library Folio TR646.A35 I57 1996.Presenting the work of 30 diverse photographers from throughout Africa since 1940, this is the complete catalogue of an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
10 Years 100 Artists: art in a democratic South Africa by Location: Mugar Library Stacks N7392.2 .A14 2004Showcases the work of 100 top artists, ranging from emerging talents to those who have already received international acclaim for their work, as chosen by 15 leading South African critics and curators.
Africa Through the Eyes of Women Artists by Location: Mugar Library N7380 .L15 1991Portraits of twelve artists from Africa and the Diaspora.
Nigerian Artists Nigerian artists : a who's who & bibliography by Location: Mugar Library N7399.N5 K46 1993.Gathered together in this volume are biographical profiles & bibliographical references to the leading lights of Nigeria's artistic sphere--nearly 350 sculptors, painters, & muralists, who have lived & worked in Africa over the past 70 years.
Fusion: West African artists at the Venice Biennale by Thomas McEyilley.
Location: Mugar Library N7398 .M36 1993
Out of Africa and into the (Western) living room / Susan Vogel -- Catalogue: Terry Adkins ; Arman ; Mel Bochner and Lizbeth Marano ; Francesco Clemente ; Elaine Lustig Cohen ; Kurt Delbanco ; Mel Edwards ; Eric Fischl ; Helen Frankenthaler -- Western artists/African art / Daniel Shapiro -- Catalogue: Nancy Graves ; Jasper Johns ; Ellsworth Kelly ; Brice Marden ; Quattara ; Philip Pearlstein ; Howardena Pindell ...
Art & artists of South Africa : an illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors & graphic artists since 1875 by Esme Berman.
Location: Mugar Library Reference XN7392 .B47 1983
Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists: a Pictorial and Historical Guide to the Collection of the University of Fort Hare housed in the De Beers Centenary Art Gallery by Location: Mugar Library Folio N7392 .U54 1992
Dictionary of African Biography by Location: African Studies Library Reference CT1920 .D52 2012Dictionary of African Biography is a major biographical dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and women from all eras and walks of life.
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