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Contemporary African art is commonly understood to be art made by artists in Africa and the African diaspora in the post-independence era. However, there are about as many understandings of contemporary African art as there are curators, scholars and artists working in that field. All three terms of this "wide-reaching non-category [sic]" are problematic in themselves: What exactly is "contemporary", what makes art "African", and when are we talking about art and not any other kind of creative expression?

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  • Contemporary African art (en)
  • Art contemporain africain (fr)
  • Arte contemporanea africana (it)
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  • L’art contemporain africain s'inspire aussi bien des traditions du continent que des réalités urbaines contemporaines de l'Afrique. Les techniques et les supports sont variés : peinture, installations avec projection vidéo, sculptures faites en matériaux de récupération. (fr)
  • Contemporary African art is commonly understood to be art made by artists in Africa and the African diaspora in the post-independence era. However, there are about as many understandings of contemporary African art as there are curators, scholars and artists working in that field. All three terms of this "wide-reaching non-category [sic]" are problematic in themselves: What exactly is "contemporary", what makes art "African", and when are we talking about art and not any other kind of creative expression? (en)
  • L'arte contemporanea africana è, per comune accezione, la somma degli stili e delle produzioni nazionali del continente africano, la produzione degli artisti africani, la produzione del continente africano analizzata nel suo insieme, le dinamiche artistiche e istituzionali del continente africano, lo stile dell'arte contemporanea definito africano o una produzione artistica contemporanea in qualche modo legata all'Africa. Il concetto di arte contemporanea africana ha acquisito e acquista significati molto diversi a seconda dell'uso che ne viene fatto. Le riviste, esposizioni, pubblicazioni e istituzioni di arte contemporanea africana, insieme alle opere degli artisti stessi, ne hanno arricchito la definizione. L'arte contemporanea africana esprime anche il desiderio di emanciparsi da alcun (it)
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