The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End (2008)
Textiles are a major form of aesthetic expression across Africa, and this book examines long-standing traditions together with recent creative developments. A variety of fine and venerable West African cloths are presented and discussed in terms of both artistry and technique. Wrapped around the body, fashioned into garments, or displayed as hangings, these magnificent textiles include bold strip weavings and intricately patterned indigo resist-dyed cloths. Also considered by the authors are striking contemporary works—in media as far-ranging as sculpture, painting, photography, video, and installation art—that draw inspiration from the forms and cultural significance of African textiles.
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 30, 2008–March 22, 2009.
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Description
Table of contents
Table of contents
Director’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
The Poetics of Cloth
Alisa LaGamma
West African Cloth: Techniques and Tradition
Christine Giuntini
Textiles from the Exhibition
Alisa LaGamma and Christine Giuntini
Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits
About the author
About the author
External links
External links
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Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Akou, Heather Marie. “Alisa LaGamma and Christine Giuntini. The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 72 Pp. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. $19.95. Paper.” African Studies Review 52, no. 3 (2009): 208–9. doi:10.1353/arw.0.0296.
Clarke, Simon. Journal of Design History 22, no. 3 (2009): 286-88. Accessed January 30, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40301453.
