Bloodflowers
Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s
Seiten
2019
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-0089-1 (ISBN)
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-0089-1 (ISBN)
In Bloodflowers W. Ian Bourland examines the photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955–1989), whose art is a touchstone for cultural debates surrounding questions of gender and queerness, race and diaspora, aesthetics and politics, and the enduring legacy of slavery and colonialism. Born in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode moved between artistic and cultural worlds in Washington, DC, New York, and London, where he produced the bulk of his provocative and often surrealist and homoerotic photographs of black men. Bourland situates Fani-Kayode's work in a time of global transition and traces how it exemplified and responded to profound social, cultural, and political change. In addition to his formal analyses of Fani-Kayode's portraiture, Bourland outlines the important influence that surrealism, neo-Romanticism, Yoruban religion, the AIDS crisis, experimental film, loft culture, and house and punk music had on Fani-Kayode's work. In so doing, Bourland offers new perspectives on a pivotal artist whose brief career continues to resonate with deep aesthetic and social meaning.
W. Ian Bourland is Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art History at Georgetown University and editor of FAILE: Works on Wood.
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Nothing to Lose 1
Exposure 1. Brixton 23
Exposure 2. Rage and Desire 58
Exposure 3. Magnolia Air 91
Exposure 4. The Queen Is Dead 146
Exposure 5. Mirror Worlds 171
Exposure 6. Night Moves 209
Epilogue. Homecoming 250
Notes 257
Bibliography 291
Index 305
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Visual Arts of Africa and Its Diasporas |
| Zusatzinfo | 92 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 635 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4780-0089-9 / 1478000899 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4780-0089-1 / 9781478000891 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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