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* [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_1999_Where_What_Who_When_A_Few_Notes_on_African_Conceptualism.pdf|"Where, What, Who, When: a Few Notes on 'African' Conceptualism"]], in ''Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950-1980s'', eds. Jane Ferver, Luis Camnitzer and Rachel Weiss, New York: Queen's Museum of Art, 1999, pp 109-117. Catalogue essay. {{en}}
 
* [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_1999_Where_What_Who_When_A_Few_Notes_on_African_Conceptualism.pdf|"Where, What, Who, When: a Few Notes on 'African' Conceptualism"]], in ''Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950-1980s'', eds. Jane Ferver, Luis Camnitzer and Rachel Weiss, New York: Queen's Museum of Art, 1999, pp 109-117. Catalogue essay. {{en}}
  
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* editor, with Olu Oguibe, ''Reading the Contemporary: African Art, from Theory to the Marketplace'', London: Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA), 1999, 432 pp. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/492518609 TOC]. [https://archive.org/details/readingcontempor0000unse/]
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* editor, with Olu Oguibe, ''[[Media:Reading the Contemporary African Art from Theory to the Marketplace 1999.pdf|Reading the Contemporary: African Art, from Theory to the Marketplace]]'', London: Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA), 1999, 432 pp, [https://archive.org/details/readingcontempor0000unse_x1l5 IA]. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/492518609 TOC].
  
 
* "Lagos in the Culture of Twentieth-Century Modernity", in ''Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis'', ed. Iwona Blazwick, London: Tate Gallery, 2001, pp 44-57. Catalogue essay. [https://www.scribd.com/document/207812082/ Excerpt]. {{en}}
 
* "Lagos in the Culture of Twentieth-Century Modernity", in ''Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis'', ed. Iwona Blazwick, London: Tate Gallery, 2001, pp 44-57. Catalogue essay. [https://www.scribd.com/document/207812082/ Excerpt]. {{en}}
  
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* editor, ''The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994'', Munich: Prestel, 2001, 496 pp. [http://www.mccoyspace.com/nyu/10_s/ideas/texts/week13-Enwezor-Short_Centruy.pdf Introduction], [[Media:Small_Irene_2001_The_Short_Century_Independence_and_Liberation_Movements_in_Africa_1945-1994_Chronology.pdf|Chronology]]. Exh. held at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Feb-Apr 2001; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, May-Jul 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sep-Dec 2001; [https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4749 MoMA PS1], Feb-May 2002. Reviews: [https://sci-hub.st/10.2307/1514859 Jackson] (Afr Stud R), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00329 Denzer] (Antipode). Exh. reviews: [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00330 Eze] (Antipode), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00331 Demissie] (Antipode), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1525/aa.2002.104.4.1211 Beidelman] (Am Anthr). {{en}}
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* editor, ''The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994'', Munich: Prestel, 2001, 496 pp, [https://archive.org/details/shortcenturyinde0000unse IA]. [http://www.mccoyspace.com/nyu/10_s/ideas/texts/week13-Enwezor-Short_Centruy.pdf Introduction], [[Media:Small_Irene_2001_The_Short_Century_Independence_and_Liberation_Movements_in_Africa_1945-1994_Chronology.pdf|Chronology]]. Exh. held at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Feb-Apr 2001; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, May-Jul 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sep-Dec 2001; [https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4749 MoMA PS1], Feb-May 2002. Reviews: [https://sci-hub.st/10.2307/1514859 Jackson] (Afr Stud R), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00329 Denzer] (Antipode). Exh. reviews: [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00330 Eze] (Antipode), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/1467-8330.00331 Demissie] (Antipode), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1525/aa.2002.104.4.1211 Beidelman] (Am Anthr). {{en}}
 
** "O breve século: movimentos de independência e libertação na África, 1945-94: uma introdução", in ''Histórias afro-atlânticas, vol. 2: antologia'', eds. Adriano Pedrosa, Amanda Carneiro, André Mesquita, São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2018. Trans. of Enwezor's introduction. {{br-pt}}
 
** "O breve século: movimentos de independência e libertação na África, 1945-94: uma introdução", in ''Histórias afro-atlânticas, vol. 2: antologia'', eds. Adriano Pedrosa, Amanda Carneiro, André Mesquita, São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2018. Trans. of Enwezor's introduction. {{br-pt}}
 
   
 
   
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* Enwezor et al. (eds.), ''Documenta 11 Platform'', 5 vols., Kassel: Documenta, and Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2002-2003. Volumes: 1. "Democracy Unrealized", 2002, 411 pp; 2. "Experiments with Truth: Transitional Justice and the Processes of Truth and Reconciliation", 2002, 404 pp; 3. "Creolité and Creolization", 2003, 273 pp; 4. "Under Siege: Four African Cities, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos", 454 pp; 5. "Exhibition", 2002, 620 pp. Review: [https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/a-new-world-art Martin] (Radical Phil). {{en}}
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* Enwezor et al. (eds.), ''Documenta 11: Platform'', 5 vols., Kassel: Documenta, and Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2002-2003. Volumes: 1. "Democracy Unrealized", 2002, 411 pp, [https://archive.org/details/democracyunreali0000docu IA]; 2. "Experiments with Truth: Transitional Justice and the Processes of Truth and Reconciliation", 2002, 404 pp; 3. "Creolité and Creolization", 2003, 273 pp; 4. "Under Siege: Four African Cities, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos", 454 pp; 5. [[Media:Documenta 11 Platform 5 Exhibition Catalogue 2002.pdf|"Exhibition"]], 2002, 620+50 pp, [https://archive.org/details/documenta11platf0000docu IA]. Review: [https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/a-new-world-art Martin] (Radical Phil). {{en}}
 
** Enwezor, [[Media:Enwezor Okwui 2002 The Black Box.pdf|"The Black Box"]], in ''Documenta 11 Platform: Exhibition'', 2002, pp 44-55. {{en}}
 
** Enwezor, [[Media:Enwezor Okwui 2002 The Black Box.pdf|"The Black Box"]], in ''Documenta 11 Platform: Exhibition'', 2002, pp 44-55. {{en}}
  
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* [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_2004_The_Artist_as_Producer_in_Times_of_Crisis.pdf|"The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis"]], 2004. [http://www.lorelindeverhees.nl/index.php/work/the-artist-as-producer-ii/] {{en}}
 
* [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_2004_The_Artist_as_Producer_in_Times_of_Crisis.pdf|"The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis"]], 2004. [http://www.lorelindeverhees.nl/index.php/work/the-artist-as-producer-ii/] {{en}}
  
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* ''Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography'', Gottingen: Steidl, and New York: International Center of Photography, 2006, 383 pp. Catalogue; [https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/snap-judgements-new-positions-in-contemporary-african-photography exh.] held at the International Center of Photography, New York, 10 Mar-28 May 2006. [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/africa_3730jsp/], [https://steidl.de/Buecher/Snap-Judgments-New-Positions-in-Contemporary-African-Photography-1217186155.html]. Exh. reviews: [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/arts/design/colorful-and-clashing-looking-at-africa.html Cotter] (NYT), [https://www.academia.edu/5758182/ Duran] (SECAC Rev). {{en}}
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* ''[[Media:Snap Judgments New Positions in Contemporary African Photography 2006.pdf|Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography]]'', Gottingen: Steidl, and New York: International Center of Photography, 2006, 383 pp, [https://archive.org/details/snapjudgmentsnew00enwe IA]. Catalogue; [https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/snap-judgements-new-positions-in-contemporary-african-photography exh.] held at the International Center of Photography, New York, 10 Mar-28 May 2006. [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/africa_3730jsp/], [https://steidl.de/Buecher/Snap-Judgments-New-Positions-in-Contemporary-African-Photography-1217186155.html]. Exh. reviews: [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/arts/design/colorful-and-clashing-looking-at-africa.html Cotter] (NYT), [https://www.academia.edu/5758182/ Duran] (SECAC Rev). {{en}}
 
** [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_2006_The_Uses_of_Afro-Pessimism.pdf|"The Uses of Afro-Pessimism"]]. {{en}}
 
** [[Media:Enwezor_Okwui_2006_The_Uses_of_Afro-Pessimism.pdf|"The Uses of Afro-Pessimism"]]. {{en}}
  

Revision as of 09:40, 11 July 2023

Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. He lived in New York City and Munich.

Publications

  • editor, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994-2019. [1] [2] (English)
  • "Redrawing the Boundaries: Toward a New African Art Discourse", Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 1:1, Fall/Winter 1994, pp 3-7. [3] [4] (English)
  • "Lagos in the Culture of Twentieth-Century Modernity", in Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, ed. Iwona Blazwick, London: Tate Gallery, 2001, pp 44-57. Catalogue essay. Excerpt. (English)
  • editor, The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994, Munich: Prestel, 2001, 496 pp, IA. Introduction, Chronology. Exh. held at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Feb-Apr 2001; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, May-Jul 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sep-Dec 2001; MoMA PS1, Feb-May 2002. Reviews: Jackson (Afr Stud R), Denzer (Antipode). Exh. reviews: Eze (Antipode), Demissie (Antipode), Beidelman (Am Anthr). (English)
    • "O breve século: movimentos de independência e libertação na África, 1945-94: uma introdução", in Histórias afro-atlânticas, vol. 2: antologia, eds. Adriano Pedrosa, Amanda Carneiro, André Mesquita, São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2018. Trans. of Enwezor's introduction. (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Enwezor et al. (eds.), Documenta 11: Platform, 5 vols., Kassel: Documenta, and Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2002-2003. Volumes: 1. "Democracy Unrealized", 2002, 411 pp, IA; 2. "Experiments with Truth: Transitional Justice and the Processes of Truth and Reconciliation", 2002, 404 pp; 3. "Creolité and Creolization", 2003, 273 pp; 4. "Under Siege: Four African Cities, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos", 454 pp; 5. "Exhibition", 2002, 620+50 pp, IA. Review: Martin (Radical Phil). (English)
    • Enwezor, "The Black Box", in Documenta 11 Platform: Exhibition, 2002, pp 44-55. (English)
  • editor, The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society, Sevilla: Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla (BIACS), 2006, 335 pp. Catalogue. (English)
  • with Chika Okeke-Agulu, Contemporary African Art Since 1980, Bologna: Damiani, 2009, 366 pp. Preface, Chs 1-7. (English)
    • "Situando a arte contemporânea Africana", in Africa africans: arte contemporânea, São Paulo: Museu Afro Brasil, 2015. Trans. of Chapter 1 ("Situating Contemporary African Art"). (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • editor, Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity: Contemporary African Photography from the Walther Collection, Burlafingen: Walther Collection, and Göttingen: Steidl, 2010, 445 pp. Catalogue. (English)
  • editor, Intense Proximity: An Anthology of the Near and the Far. La Triennale 2012, Paris: Centre national des arts plastiques: Artlys, 2012, 687 pp. Catalogue. (English)
  • editor, with Rory Bester, Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life, Munich: Prestel, 2013, 543 pp. Catalogue. Excerpt. Review: Von Blum (Afr Arts). (English)
  • editor, Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi, Munich: Prestel, and Haus der Kunst, 2017, 286 pp. Catalogue. Review: Zabunyan (Critique d'art). (English)
  • editor, Sarah Sze: Centrifuge, Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2018, 128 pp. Catalogue. (English)

Interviews

Links

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