Tag: africa
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Wael Shawky
Wael Shawky is an Egyptian playwright, filmmaker, composer, and artist known for his use of puppetry. Why puppets? To Shawky, they bring a sense of childlike wonder to potentially bleak stories, from lengthy historical epics to fresh contemporary anecdotes. As a result, Shawky has staged several, puppeteered recreations of these stories. He does so with…
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Cassi Nomada
Cassi Nomada is a Mozambican painter currently living and working in Italy. Borrowing from magical realism, folklore, and photographic film-stills, Nomada’s artwork straddles dual ideologies to confront the art historical canon. What is art historical canon? Generally, the canon is the group of artworks, artists, and styles that historians and institutions have traditionally considered the…
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Bisa Butler
Bisa Butler is an African American fiber artist. Butler is known for her revolutionary approach to quilting, transforming a formerly ‘craft’ medium to the realm of ‘fine art’. Butler’s work stems from quilting traditions of African American communities. This tradition has a long and difficult origin; many African American women would quilt to supplement the…
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