Over the past four years, the art magazine Contemporary And has called attention to exhibitions, artists and curators from diverse African perspectives while boosting new areas of debate. I am built inside you, C&s first publication, is a compilation of 18 pieces published since the magazine was launched in 2013. The point of departure is a conversation with the great South African artist Helen Sebidi that took place on the occasion of the 32nd So Paulo Biennial in 2016. The volume collects significant pieces from the C& archive that expand upon and contextualize Sebidis concepts of home, history and spirituality. Included as well are 27 diverse contributions such as interviews with emerging South African artist Tabita Rezaire; Senga Nengudi, artist and core member of the African-American avant-garde in 1970s and 80s Los Angeles; Thelma Golden, legendary director of the Studio Museum in Harlem; and trailblazing academic Walter Mignolo.
Over the past four years, the art magazine Contemporary And has called attention to exhibitions, artists and curators from diverse African perspectives while boosting new areas of debate. I am built inside you, C&s first publication, is a compilation of 18 pieces published since the magazine was launched in 2013. The point of departure is a conversation with the great South African artist Helen Sebidi that took place on the occasion of the 32nd So Paulo Biennial in 2016. The volume collects significant pieces from the C& archive that expand upon and contextualize Sebidis concepts of home, history and spirituality. Included as well are 27 diverse contributions such as interviews with emerging South African artist Tabita Rezaire; Senga Nengudi, artist and core member of the African-American avant-garde in 1970s and 80s Los Angeles; Thelma Golden, legendary director of the Studio Museum in Harlem; and trailblazing academic Walter Mignolo.