How far, how near
Subtitle: the world in the Stedelijk = de wereld in het Stedelijk
By: concept en samenstelling: Jelle Bouwhuis ; eindredactie: Jelle Bouwhuis ; redactie: Laura Schuster, Anne Ruygt, Dutton Hauhart ; teksten: Jelle Bouwhuis [and six others] ; vertaling Engels-Nederlands: Auke van den Berg en Rob Kuitenbrouwer ; vertaling Nederlands-Engels: Lisa Holden
Contributors: Bouwhuis, Jelle, compiler, editor, author; Schuster, Laura, editor; Ruygt, Anne, editor; Hauhart, Dutton, editor; Berg, Auke van den, translator; Kuitenbrouwer, Rob, translator; Holden, Lisa (Translator), translator
Publisher: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9789050061926
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions; Art and globalization; African Art; Art; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Other titles: World in the Stedelijk; Wereld in het Stedelijk
Description: This book argues for a greater emphasis on art from regions outside Europe and North America, with the collection of the Stedelijk as its starting point. Prompted by a number of recent acquisitions of work by African artists, including Dorothy Amenuke, Meschac Gaba, Abdoulaye Konaté, and Billie Zangewa, the exhibition centers around the key question of how museum collections and exhibition policies historically and today are limited and challenged in relation to geographical emphasis. Since World War Two, the Stedelijk has developed a distinguished reputation as a museum for international contemporary art. However, artistic developments emerging in large parts of the world were largely ignored. How Far How Near explores the backgrounds and reasons underlying this paradox.
Notes: At head of title: Global collaborations.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September 19, 2014 - February 1, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and Dutch.