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AFRICA RISING Fashion, Design and Lifestyle from Africa
Vibrant, bold, and enigmatic. Africa
Rising showcases the work of Africa’s young creatives alongside more
established artists from the voluptuous continent’s vibrant metropolises.
The African artistic spirit extends far
beyond the canvas and studio; a new wave of African creatives is on the rise
and making a name for itself in design, fashion, photography, and architecture
across Africa and abroad. While the colors, patterns, and crafts are profoundly
rooted in African tradition, young designers infuse their creations with a
delightfully discordant edge making them contemporary, unique, and truly pieces
of African design.
Africa Rising calls stereotypes and
archaic clichés into question. A comprehensive portrait of Africa manifests
from marrying Peter Mabeo’s furniture made from indigenous wood or Nobukho
Nqaba’s body of photographic work that handles the themes of migration
and foreignness through the clever use of every day objects or the
publicly-minded architecture of David Adjaye with the up-and-coming threads of
Selly Raby Kane’s energetic fashion line or the soundscapes of Spoek Mathambo’s
Fantasma that fix Bantu lyrics to computerized beats.
Insightful essays from experts and
artisans contextualize each portrait and provide insight into talented
pioneers, outstanding projects, and the way craft can be a catalyst for social
and economic developments. The volume is co-edited by Design Indaba: a
multifaceted design platform that garners worldwide critical acclaim for their
annual design conference held in Cape Town. Africa Rising celebrates the way
art strengthens and unifies cultures and, most importantly, invokes the
multi-faceted richness of Africa.
Explore Africa’s worldwide ripple effect
of inspiration, creativity, and artistic community.
Africa
Rising
Hardcover, durchgehend farbig gestaltet
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Sprache Englisch
336 Seiten
1.Auflage September
2016