Painting, Photography, Drawing. From Africa and Its Diaspora: Selected writings

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The Italian journalist Elisa Pierandrei reflects on the present situation of the visual arts in Africa and the African diaspora through a selection of her articles and interviews that for the most have previously been published by various online media outlets. In her new e-book, she guides the reader along the stories of 12 contemporary artists (Helina Metaferia, Lunga Ntila, Benjamin Deguenon, Massinissa Selmani, among others) and 3 old masters (Ibrahim El-Salahi, Mohammed Melehi, and more) who are either originally from Africa or are of African descent. These stories are sometimes told in the form of magazine articles; others are told through interviews and editorials complete with images of the artworks. While always being creative without forgetting tradition and history, this new generation of artists brings the reader on a brief but fascinating walk through the world of African visual art and culture. This volume constitutes an ideal continuation of the work that Pierandrei began in 2011 on the verge of the Arab Spring in Cairo, when she investigated a new form of radical artistic expression, graffiti and street art from the 25 January Revolution, which became the subject of her first e-book. The foreword is by Russel Hlongwane.

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Elisa Pierandrei è una giornalista e autrice italiana. Scrive di cultura contemporanea dal Medio Oriente e dall’Africa e collabora con diverse testate italiane e straniere. Dal 2011 al 2014 ha vissuto e raccontato gli eventi della cosiddetta Primavera araba pubblicando contributi in volumi in lingua inglese, oltre che in italiano. È autrice di «Painting, Photography, Drawing. From Africa and its Diaspora» (Self Publisher, 2022), e di «Urban Cairo. La Primavera araba dei graffiti» (InformAnt | eBook Quotidiani editore, 2012 e 2014). Con il fotografo Loris Savino e il videomaker Marco di Noia, e con il contributo di Luca Quagliato, ha realizzato nel 2011 il corto “M.A.R.E., storie di Mediterraneo, arabi, rivolte ed Europa”, che ritrae la mutata situazione politica lungo i confini di tre paesi del Mare Nostrum, in mesi legati da un destino comune. Svolge anche una interessante attività accademica occupandosi, in particolare, di media e cultura nella regione araba. Ha conseguito il Master in Giornalismo presso l’Università Americana del Cairo (2002), dopo essersi laureata in Lingua e letteratura araba all’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia (1998).

Russel Hlongwane è un consulente e curatore che opera nei settori delle Industrie Culturali e Creative, con sede a Durban, in Sudafrica.

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