Zum Hauptinhalt springen Zur Suche springen Zur Hauptnavigation springen
Beschreibung
In Bloodflowers W. Ian Bourland examines the photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955–1989), whose art is a touchstone for cultural debates surrounding questions of gender and queerness, race and diaspora, aesthetics and politics, and the enduring legacy of slavery and colonialism. Born in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode moved between artistic and cultural worlds in Washington, DC, New York, and London, where he produced the bulk of his provocative and often surrealist and homoerotic photographs of black men. Bourland situates Fani-Kayode's work in a time of global transition and traces how it exemplified and responded to profound social, cultural, and political change. In addition to his formal analyses of Fani-Kayode's portraiture, Bourland outlines the important influence that surrealism, neo-Romanticism, Yoruban religion, the AIDS crisis, experimental film, loft culture, and house and punk music had on Fani-Kayode's work. In so doing, Bourland offers new perspectives on a pivotal artist whose brief career continues to resonate with deep aesthetic and social meaning.
In Bloodflowers W. Ian Bourland examines the photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955–1989), whose art is a touchstone for cultural debates surrounding questions of gender and queerness, race and diaspora, aesthetics and politics, and the enduring legacy of slavery and colonialism. Born in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode moved between artistic and cultural worlds in Washington, DC, New York, and London, where he produced the bulk of his provocative and often surrealist and homoerotic photographs of black men. Bourland situates Fani-Kayode's work in a time of global transition and traces how it exemplified and responded to profound social, cultural, and political change. In addition to his formal analyses of Fani-Kayode's portraiture, Bourland outlines the important influence that surrealism, neo-Romanticism, Yoruban religion, the AIDS crisis, experimental film, loft culture, and house and punk music had on Fani-Kayode's work. In so doing, Bourland offers new perspectives on a pivotal artist whose brief career continues to resonate with deep aesthetic and social meaning.
Über den Autor
W. Ian Bourland is Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art History at Georgetown University and editor of FAILE: Works on Wood.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Nothing to Lose 1
Exposure 1. Brixton 23
Exposure 2. Rage and Desire 58
Exposure 3. Magnolia Air 91
Exposure 4. The Queen Is Dead 146
Exposure 5. Mirror Worlds 171
Exposure 6. Night Moves 209
Epilogue. Homecoming 250
Notes 257
Bibliography 291
Index 305
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781478000891
ISBN-10: 1478000899
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bourland, W Ian
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 226 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: W Ian Bourland
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,612 kg
Artikel-ID: 113680240