East of the Atlantic, West of the Congo
by Leon Siroto and Kathleen Berrin
This book features an evocative collection of images that reveal the power and importance of art in human nature. Amidst the dumps and slums of urban Kenya, street children and artisans search for a way to survive, to reclaim and promote their own existence. "The Art of Recycling in Kenya" presents readers with an evocative collection of photographs taken in the markets and villages of Kenya, where initiatives promoting self-sustenance through the exploitation of recyclable materials have been s...
William Kentridge (born 1955, Johannesburg) is one of South Africa's pre-eminent artists, internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, theatre and opera productions. His work draws on varied sources, including philosophy, literature, early cinema, theatre and opera to create a complex universe in which he explores time, history and revolutionary politics. In 2016 the Whitechapel Gallery will present an exhibition of his recent works, focussing on a sequence of five key pieces dating from...
Jane Alexander is one of the most significant South African artists working today. The artist's hybrid mutants speak to the porous borders between humans and other forms of animal life. Alexander acts as a nonjudgmental surveyor mapping the forces, interests, and passions at play in human behavior. Her sculptures, installations, and photomontages are firmly rooted in her South African experience yet they also transcend their locality, revealing the disparity felt every day around the world betwe...
Africa remix: Contemporary art of a continent features the work of more than 85 artists from 25 countries on the African continent and the Diaspora. Considered to be the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe, it includes painting, sculpture, installation, video, drawing, photography and design. Africa Remix explores the themes of city and land (the contrasting experiences of urban and rural life); identity and history (including issues of tradition and modernity and...
Graphikal Zen An Adinkra Symbol Adult Coloring Book
by Graphikal Zen Press
This stunning volume showcases and explores a rich and varied collection of Asante royal regalia in the broader context of Asante art. The Asante Kingdom, founded around 1701 in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), was renowned for gold, the foundation of its wealth and power. For centuries they mined this metal and traded it with northerners on the Saharan caravan routes and Europeans along the Atlantic coast. The earliest examples of Asante gold were recovered from the wreck of the Whydah, a slave ship...
Those Purple Eyes - Yennefer's Eyes - from The Witcher - Gerald's Love - 6 x 9 Journal
by D M Spencer and Marie Glenn