This publication centers on indigenous perspectives on traditional artworks from Africa by focusing on the judgments and vocabularies of members of the communities who created and used them. Featuring nearly 300 works, the book reconsiders Western aesthetic evaluations of these arts.
The catalogue’s design seeks to translate a contemporary understanding of the importance of decolonization, equity, and inclusion while projecting a dynamic vision of African art and culture. The cover and section openers incorporate a custom palette of colors drawn from the artworks; while the jacket organizes works along an indigenous aesthetic spectrum from front to back, and displays work in use on the back side.
- Publisher
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Design Firm
- Studio Blue
- Creative director, Studio Blue
- Cheryl Towler Weese
- Designer, Studio Blue
- Brad Sturm
- Designer, Studio Blue
- Meredith Barone
- Editor, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Constantine Petridis
- Associate Vice President, Publishing and Interpretation, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Gregory Nosan
- Editorial Director, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Lisa Meyerowitz
- Editor, The Art Institute of Chicago
- A. Robin Hoffman
- Director of Production, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Joseph Mohan
- Assistant Director of Production, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Lauren Makholm
- Production Coordinator, Publishing, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Ben Bertin
- Photography research, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Kylie Escudero and Pauline Lopez
- Proofreader
- David B. Olsen
- Indexer
- Jane Friedman
- Director of Imaging, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Bonnie Rosenberg
- Associate Director of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Aidan Fitzpatrick
- Photography
- Aidan Fitzpatrick, Bob Hashimoto, Robert Lifson, Gail Specht, Craig Stillwell, and Greg Williams
- Postproduction
- Owen Conway, Jonathan Mathias, and P. D. Young
- Preproduction and coordination
- Elyse Allen and Aidan Fitzpatrick
- Color separations
- Professional Graphics, Rockford, Illinois
- Printer
- Die Keure, Bruges, Belgium
