Art World City : The Creative Economy of Artists and Urban Life in Dakar /

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Art World City' focuses on contemporary art and artists in the city of Dakar, a famously thriving art metropolis in the West African nation of Senegal. Joanna Grabski illuminates how artists earn their livelihoods from the city s resources, possibilities, and connections. She examines how and w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grabski, Joanna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Artists.
Art, Senegalese.
Art, Modern.
Art.
ART > African.
ART > History > General.
Art > Senegal > Dakar > Expositions.
Artistes > Senegal > Dakar.
Art senegalais > 21e siecle.
Art > 20e siecle.
Art > 21e siecle.
Art > Senegal > Dakar > Exhibitions.
Artists > Senegal > Dakar.
Art, Senegalese > 20th century.
Art, Senegalese > 21st century.
Art, Modern > 20th century.
Art, Modern > 21st century.
Senegal > Dakar.
Exhibition catalogs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Dakar's art world city
  • Making the city's scene: visibility, exhibition culture, and mediatization
  • Mapping the Dak'art Biennale in Dakar
  • A place from which to speak: artists' studios as infrastructure of opportunity
  • From street to studio: sourcing the materials for art from urban life
  • Picturing the city
  • Market space and urban space: the business of selling art in the city
  • Epilogue. Reflections on Dakar's art world city: infrastructures, vision-oriented subjectivities, and implications.

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