Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who & Bibliography

"...A COLOSSAL, ENCYCLOPEDIC, & TRAIL-BLAZING CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF AFRICAN ART."--AFRICAN ARTS. "KELLY'S MASSIVE & IMPECCABLY PROFESSIONAL BOOK OFFERS A WELCOME INTRODUCTION TO NIGERIA'S ARTISTS...FOR ART LIBRARIES & ALL THOSE READERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN AFRICA & ITS ART."--CHOICE. "...WILL BE THE STANDARD WORK ON NIGERIAN ART AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF THE DECADE."-- AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. "...REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN ART STUDIES...A VOLUME THAT ALL ART & AFRICANA LIBRARIES MUST OWN."--Raymond A. Silverman, Associate Professor, History of Art, Michigan State University. Gathered together in this volume are biographical profiles & bibliographical references to the leading lights of Nigeria's artistic sphere--nearly 350 sculptors, painters, & muralists, who have lived & worked in Africa over the past 70 years. Entries in Part 1, the Biographical Profiles of Individual Artists, include the artist's name, current address, birth, profile, exhibitions, commissions, writings by the artist, honors & awards, public collections, & a full bibliography on the entrant. Part 2, the Annotated Bibliography of Modern Nigerian Art, contains over 300 citations on the origins, development, & general nature of contemporary Nigerian art, & spans academic art, formal art education programs, exhibitions, workshops, popular arts, patronage, the art market & questions of artistic identity in a changing society. All forms of printed matter, as well as audiovisual material & archival collections are cited.Stanley, Janet L. is the author of 'Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who & Bibliography' with ISBN 9780905450827 and ISBN 0905450825.