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African apparel threaded transformations across the 20th century MacKenzie Moon Ryan

Catalog Data

Author:
Ryan, Mackenzie Moon 1984-  Search this
Subject:
Roth, Norma Canelas Art collections  Search this
George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum  Search this
Physical description:
112 pages color illustrations 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Afrika
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, January 18 - May 15, 2020
AFA copy 39088019762160 is a gift from Janet Stanley.
Contents:
Director's foreword / Ena Heller -- Curator's acknowledgements / MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- Conversation between collector and curator / Norma Canelas Roth '65 and MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- The artistry of African apparel: global interactions, gendered realities, and generational conflicts and continuities / MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- Artworks and entries / Morgan Snoap '20 and Cristina Toppin '21 -- Global interactions -- Gender -- Generational conflict and continuity
Summary:
"Featuring fifty-five pieces of African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewelry, African Apparel: Threaded Transformations across the 20th Century celebrates dress as products of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. Richly illustrated, this catalog highlights the strength and resilience of long-standing practices that characterize African dress; the wide variety of cultural, religious, and political motivations for adorning oneself; and the varying identities reflected in analyzing African material culture of the last century and a half. Textile selections include those handwoven and dyed alongside factory-woven and machine-printed cloth, as well as items of adornment including amber and silver jewelry from North Africa, beadwork-embellished clothing from South Africa, and various headdresses from across the continent. This unique collection is explored in conversation with the collector, through an in-depth essay, and with detailed object entries. From European colonization to independence, to economic liberalization, African Apparel demonstrates how dress practices reveal personal and group identities, cultural traditions, and aspirations"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Clothing and dress--History  Search this
Headgear--History  Search this
Jewelry--History  Search this
Coiffures (Costume)--Histoire  Search this
Art--Private collections  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Headgear  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Kleidung  Search this
Kopfschmuck  Search this
Schmuck  Search this
Textilien  Search this
Textilkunst  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145954