Grey Art Gallery Exhibit: The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles / Recent Art

Location:
Grey Art Gallery, NYU, 100 Washington Square East


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Contact:
greygallery@nyu.edu - Lucy Oakley


Description:
“The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles / Recent Art” juxtaposes a selection of the finest examples of 20th-century textiles—from Ghana, Nigeria, and Mali—with works by a number of Africa’s leading contemporary artists. Comparing and contrasting tribal fabrics with contemporary paintings, sculptures, and photographs by African artists, the exhibition not only draws attention to textiles, a medium that has previously been overshadowed by traditional African sculpture, but also illuminates the connections between past and recent modes of expression.
Contemporary artists included in the exhibition are: El Anatsui, Samuel Cophie, Viyé Diba, Sokari Douglas Camp, Groupe Bogolan Kasobane, Abdoulaye Konaté, Rachid Koraïchi, Atta Kwami, Grace Ndiritu, Nike Okundaye, Owusu-Ankomah, Yinka Shonibare, Malick Sidibé, Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko, Rikki Wemega-Kwawu, and Sue Williamson.

Hours: Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 11 am-6 pm
OPEN LATE Wednesday: 11 am-8 pm
Saturday: 11 am-5 pm
Closed Sunday, Monday, and major holidays
Suggested admission: $3.00, FREE with NYU i.d.

For more information, including a list of public programs being held in conjunction with the exhibition, please contact:

Grey Art Gallery, NYU, 100 Washington Square East
Website: http://www.nyu.edu/greyart
E-mail: greygallery@nyu.edu
Tel.: 212/998-6780

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