Africa and contemporary art

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I am no contemporary art expert. Sometimes one has to start with a disclaimer. The term and whatever definition whoever gives to it have been on that awkward zone where I have felt that I should be equipped with more specific knowledge to say even something quite generic about it. Also, my intuitive and somewhat […]

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Rainer Elstermanns’ “Photo Studio”

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The German photographer, Rainer Elstermanns, imagined an old photo studio set in rural Kenya in his studio in Berlin. He dressed models in period costumes.  The result is a 17-minute film and a series of 40 recreations.  Elstermann writes that he was inspired by the work of the great African photographers and artists, Samuel Fosso […]

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