A colossal, panoramic, much-needed appraisal of the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic territories across six centuries
Published with Museu de Arte de São Paulo.
Named one of the best books of 2021 by Artforum
Because this volume brings together art, history, and lived experience in ways that deepen our understanding of the Afro-Atlantic world. It’s a vital resource for anyone interested in cultural history, visual storytelling, or the power of art to bridge communities.
• Author: Adriano Pedrosa
• Publisher: Delmonico Books
• Publication Date: December 7, 2021
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781636810027
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The book features more than 400 works from Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean, as well as Europe, from the 16th to the 21st century. These are organized in eight thematic groupings: Maps and Margins; Emancipations; Everyday Lives; Rites and Rhythms; Routes and Trances; Portraits; Afro Atlantic Modernisms; Resistances and Activism.
Artists include: Nina Chanel Abney, Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Emanoel Araujo, Maria Auxiliadora, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Paul Cézanne, Victoria Santa Cruz, Beauford Delaney, Aaron Douglas, Melvin Edwards, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Ben Enwonwu, Ellen Gallagher, Theodore Géricault, Barkley Hendricks, William Henry Jones, Loïs Mailou Jones, Titus Kaphar, Wifredo Lam, Norman Lewis, Ibrahim Mahama, Edna Manley, Archibald Motley, Abdias Nascimento, Gilberto de la Nuez, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Dalton Paula, Rosana Paulino, Howardena Pindell, Heitor dos Prazeres, Joshua Reynolds, Faith Ringgold, Gerard Sekoto, Alma Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Rubem Valentim, Kara Walker and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.