This is not Africa
Subtitle: unlearn what you have learned
By: text: Erlend G. Høyersten [and 9 others]
Contributors: Aarhus kunstmuseum
Publisher: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Aarhus
Language: dan
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9788792184719
Subjects: African Art; Exhibitions; Art africain; Expositions
Description: ARoS presents This Is Not Africa - Unlearn What You Have Learned is a group exhibition featuring a wide range of works created by 26 leading contemporary artists from or related to the African continent. This Is Not Africa - Unlearn What You Have Learned is intended as a project for promoting greater self-insight by focusing on art and the artists' own voices. In terms of subject matter the exhibition is one of a wide scope, involving both conflict-ridden, social and political conditions related to the continent's past, present and future and more universal themes reaching far beyond Africa's borders, e.g. by touching on issues of power and language, the colonial era and today's global capitalism, structural racism and counter-narratives. As the title indicates, the works in the exhibition challenge a stereotypical and traditional Western view of Africanness. The works include video, installation, painting, sculpture, photography and performance art.
Notes: Title from cover.

Edition of 800.

Participating artists: Aaiún Nin, Athi-Patra Ruga, Barthélémy Toguo, Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Billie Zangewa, Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola, Bronwyn Katz, Candice Breitz, Dan Halter, Euridice Getulio Kala, Grada Kilomba, Jeannette Ehlers, La Vaughn Belle, Kapwani Kiwanga, Kelvin Haizel, Meschac Gaba, Moffat Takadiwa, Nástio Mosquito, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Robel Temesgen, Sammy Baloji, Sethembile Msezane, Tabita Rezaire, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Zanele Muholi.

Catalog of an exhibition held at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 27 March - 24 October 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in Danish and English.