ART Exhibition | NOW ON VIEW, “African Cosmologies:Redux” & SAMUEL FOSSO – The Menil Collection

History About Exhibition:

African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, and features the 33 artists in the exhibition. The artists, from Africa, or of African origins create works that challenge traditional notions of Blackness and transnational histories in relation to concepts of liberty, rights, and representation. – From Fotofest

CATALOGUE 101

FOTOFEST

Published by FotoFest and Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam, this book is produced in conjunction with the FotoFest Biennial 2020 exhibition, African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, and features the 33 artists in the exhibition. The artists, from Africa, or of African origins create works that challenge traditional notions of Blackness and transnational histories in relation to concepts of liberty, rights, and representation.

  • Published by FotoFest and Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam
  • Design: Henk van Assen, HvA Design, Brooklyn
  • ISBN 9789053309322
African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, Published by FotoFest and Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam

FREE Public Program

The Menil

Sunday, November 13

3–3:30 p.m.

Main Building

Curator Talk:

Paul R. Davis on Samuel Fosso

Join the Menil’s Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis for an in-depth look at the large-scale photographs on view in the exhibition Samuel Fosso: African Spirits.

View Online Exhibit Here

Fosso, Samuel, Self-Portrait (Malcolm X), Series: African Spirits, 2008, © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Jean Marc Patras / Paris. African Spirits

Images, Book, and Exhibition Courtesy of Fotofest and The Menil Collection.

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