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Kapwani Kiwanga

by Kapwani Kiwanga

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Kapwani Kiwanga: histories across disciplines and media

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Kapwani Kiwanga: histories across disciplines and media

This first monograph surveys Kapwani Kiwanga’s practice through work spanning film, photography, performance, ephemera and sculpture. Its organizing thread is her research into marginalized or forgotten histories and the ways past narratives connect with contemporary realities. The book maps several areas of inquiry, including disciplinary architecture, Afrofuturism, Minimalism, and political and spiritual beliefs. Contributions from art historians, critics, philosophers, curators and anthropologists add multiple disciplinary perspectives, making the volume both a record of the artist’s work and a collection of writing about its underlying research.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Those seeking a broad overview of Kapwani Kiwanga’s work and research.
  • Readers interested in contemporary art across multiple media.
  • Readers exploring art and questions of history, power, Afrofuturism or architecture.

Themes

Marginalized histories and powerContemporary art across mediaAfrofuturism and architecturePolitical and spiritual beliefs

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Book overview

"Kiwanga seamlessly integrates film, photography, performance, ephemera and sculpture to play with the mutability of historical narratives" -Artsy

Published in parallel with the artist's first major exhibition in the US (at the New Museum, summer 2022), this is the first monograph on Paris-based Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga (born 1978). Unveiling the pervasive impact of power asymmetries by placing narratives from the past in dialogue with contemporary realities, Kiwanga's work is research-driven, instigated by marginalized or forgotten histories, and articulated across a range of mediums.
This publication documents Kiwanga's entire body of work, highlighting her most important fields of research, from disciplinary architecture and Afrofuturism to her singular takes on Minimalism and political and spiritual beliefs. Gathering contributions by art historians, art critics, philosophers, curators and anthropologists, it draws a multidisciplinary and polyphonic portrait of Kiwanga's practice and thinking.

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