Ethiopian passages : contemporary art from the diaspora
by
 
Harney, Elizabeth.

Title
Ethiopian passages : contemporary art from the diaspora

Author
Harney, Elizabeth.

ISBN
9780856675621

Personal Author
Harney, Elizabeth.

Publication Information
London : Philip Wilson ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

General Note
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Ethiopian passages: dialogues in the diaspora," held at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Museum, May 2-Oct. 5, 2003.
 
"Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art."

Contents
Chronology -- The poetics of diaspora / Elizabeth Harney -- Artist biographies and plates -- Howard University, Ethiopia and Ethiopianism / Jeff Donaldson -- Ethiopian diaspora and the visual arts: a discussion with Floyd Coleman, Jeff Donaldson and Abiyi Ford / Elizabeth Harney -- Then and now: the arts in Addis Ababa / Achamyeleh Debela.

Abstract
"Ethiopian Passages sketches, in broad strokes, the complexities, diversity and vibrancy of artistic practices among artists of Ethiopian descent at work today. In doing so, it brings together 10 artists, from across several generations, who have addressed issues of identity, experienced displacement and created new senses of home. Their creative approaches, chosen media, artistic narratives and personal histories are eclectic, but they all share an attachment to Ethiopia. The evidence of these encounters and personal experiences traced subtly across the surfaces of the works of art attests to the magnificence of contemporary African art and its arresting power."--Jacket.

Subject Term
Art, Ethiopian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
 
African diaspora.

Added Author
Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-2004.
 
Debela, Achamyeleh, 1949-
 
Katchka, Kinsey.

Added Corporate Author
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004380565.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2004380565.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004380565.html


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