In this book, Rob Perrée tells the story of his involvement in African-American art through a chronological collage of new texts, linking texts, previously published articles, essays, interviews, reviews, columns and short stories from 1990 to 2023. Together, they show the development of African-American art and demonstrate how its appreciation and perception have changed over time, in the US, but above all in the Netherlands as well, among the public and art institutions. It is a look behin...

Dit is de eerste monografie over beeldend kunstenaar Tirzo Martha (Willemstad, Curacao 1965). Deze omvangrijke publicatie omvat een intrigerende compilatie van zijn kunstwerken, performances en installaties. Martha wordt gedreven door een diep engagement met de wereld om hem heen, in het bijzonder met Curaçao en het Caribische Gebied. Zijn werk is veelzijdig, kritisch, politiek en maatschappelijk geladen. Het oeuvre van Martha omvat beelden, installaties, assemblages, video's en performances...

In his work Suriname-born Dutch artist Remy Jungerman (1959) searches for a visual language that will bring different cultures together. His recent work is inextricably bound up with African traditions and the Western, modernistic art tradition. He is interested in the intersecting paths travelled by motifs from Africa, the Surinamese Maroon culture, and 20th century Modernism. By exploring the convergence of patterns and shapes from these seemingly disparate cultural landscapes, he reveals ...