Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of African diaspora art
Chika Okeke-Agulu is an Igbo-Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and a blogger specializing in African and African Diaspora art The post Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of African diaspora art appeared first on Lu
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Chika Okeke-Agulu is an Igbo-Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and a blogger specializing in African and African Diaspora art history. He is the Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University.
In our conversation with Professor Okeke-Agulu, we cover his journey of creativity and adaptation to one’s surrounding while operating under constraints; his contributions in the rise to relevance of the African Diaspora Art’s; how his call to artists in the Black Lives Matter movement has led to artistic expression; and learn about the impact of technology on art education and art market.Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chika_Okeke-Agulu
About and from Prof. Chika Okeke-Agulu:
- Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chika_Okeke-Agulu
- Blog, Ọfọdunka: http://chikaokeke-agulu.blogspot.com
- Book, Post-Colonial Modernism: https://www.dukeupress.edu/postcolonial-modernism
- Article, On Contemporary Art and Black Lives Matter: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/on-contemporary-art-and-the-black-lives-matter-movement_b_6992774.html
- Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art: http://www.nkajournal.org
- Follow Chika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chikaokekeagulu
Assorted links:
- Nsukka School: http://sunnewsonline.com/50-years-after-nsukka-arts-school-celebrates-culture-of-creativity-2
- Journal of Contemporary African Art: http://www.nkajournal.org
- 1–54: http://1-54.com
- Documenta: https://www.documenta.de/en/
- Structural adjustment programs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_adjustment
- Haus Der Kunst: https://hausderkunst.de/en/
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Music:
- Music used in this podcast: Simplex Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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