Return to the Postcolony: Specters of Colonialism in Contemporary Art
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| Publisher | Sternberg Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9783943365429 |
| ISBN 10 | 3943365425 |
| Author | T. J. Demos |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | In the wake of failed states, growing economic and political inequality, and the ongoing US- and NATO-led wars for resources, security, and economic dominance worldwide, contemporary artists are revisiting former European colonies, considering past injustices as they haunt the living yet remain repressed in European consciousness. With great timeliness, projects by Sven Augustijnen, Vincent Meessen, Zarina Bhimji, Renzo Martens, and Pieter Hugo have emerged during the fiftieth anniversary of independence for many African countries, inspiring a kind of "reverse migration"--a return to the postcolony, which drives an ethico-political as well as aesthetic set of imperatives: to learn to live with ghosts, and to do so more justly. |
| About the Author | T. J. Demos, an award-winning writer, is Professor of Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies. He writes widely about contemporary art, global politics, and ecology, and is the author, most recently, of Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today (Sternberg Press). |
| Publication Date | 41369 |
| Number of Pages | 176 pages |
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