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Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design

2018; UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center; Volume: 51; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1162/afar_r_00422

1937-2108

Caitlin Glosser,

Cultural Industries and Urban Development

September 01 2018 Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design curated by AmelieKlein, OkwuiEnwezor, and JuliaFriedel High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GeorgiaOctober 14, 2017–January 7, 2018 Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2018 by the Regents of the University of California.2018The Regents of the University of California African Arts (2018) 51 (3): 89–91. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00422 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design. African Arts 2018; 51 (3): 89–91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00422 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search What does it mean to make a continent? Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design approached this question through the works of over 120 artists and designers. This exhibition was developed by Vitra Design Museum in Germany and made its US appearance at the High Museum. The show's curators selected an estimated 280 works, including photography, film, sculpture, fashion, apps, and infographics, to highlight the energetic creativity behind Africa's growing economies and technological innovations. Their goal of dispelling stereotypes by multiplying available stories, however, was impeded by the exhibition's very structure and language. The title Making Africa prompts serious questions. Who is doing the making and for whom is Africa being made? The show's tone, set by the opening wall text, suggested an optimistic narrative in which the artists are working toward making a technologically, socially, and politically progressive Africa for themselves as well as for a global audience. The... You do not currently have access to this content.