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Introduction Introduction
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The Rise of African Studies The Rise of African Studies
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Tribality and the Identification of the African Artist Tribality and the Identification of the African Artist
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Performance versus the “Tyranny of the Object” Performance versus the “Tyranny of the Object”
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4 Discovering the African Artist: Tradition and Tribality in the Cold War Era
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Published:December 2022
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Abstract
This chapter traces the development of African art studies after WW II when the center of the field shifted from Europe to the US. As the chapter shows, the end of colonialism and the gaining of independence altered hitherto established categories. “Primitive” and “tribe” became “tradition” and “artist.” The question now was: what is the role of art and the artist in the process of postcolonial nation-building? Does tradition hinder or foster this process? The chapter discusses this question in three steps: It first, outlines the rise of area studies in the US as part of cold war politics. It then describes the rise of African art history as part of this development. Finally, it discusses the ambitions of the new art historical field to counter and critique the object-focused approach of its mother discipline in favor of a holistic, performance-driven perspective.
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