Mike Omoighe: Art Criticism, Cultural Context and Transmission of Aesthetic Values in Africa
Omoighe Michael Osebhajimete (aka Mike Omoighe) reflects here on ‘Art Criticism, Cultural Context and Transmission of Aesthetic Values in Africa’ in this paper published in Eastern Art Report and Art Criticism Today in March 2007. ‘Art Criticism Reloaded ‘– the idea of redesigning, repackaging, renovating or rebuilding – is very timely and highly welcome. The effulgence of art criticism since the mid-twentieth century has dwindled,...
africa95, Africa05 and beyond: El Anatsui in conversation with Sajid Rizvi
The artist El Anatsui, featured in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2013, spoke to Sajid Rizvi, Publisher and Editor in Chief of Eastern Art Report and publisher of the first book on the artist’s work (El Anatsui: A Sculpted History of Africa | Buy this book) at the opening of his exhibition at the October Gallery, London, in August 2005. Below are edited excerpts: Sajid Rizvi. What has happened since africa95 in the world of...