{"product_id":"david-alekhuogie-a-reprise-9781597115742","title":"David Alekhuogie: A Reprise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Reprise\u003c\/i\u003e, David Alekhuogie remixes Walker Evans's photographs of African art, provoking timely questions about authorship and authenticity. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Reprise\u003c\/i\u003e, David Alekhuogie's first monograph, confronts the intriguing legacy of narrative and authorship behind Western presentations of African art, and poses timely questions about how Black aesthetics are circulated, accessed, valued, and interpreted today. In 1935, Walker Evans was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, to photograph hundreds of African sculptures for the exhibition \u003ci\u003eAfrican Negro Art\u003c\/i\u003e. Nearly ninety years later, Alekhuogie began investigating Evans's images, provocatively remixing them into his own vibrant and multilayered photographic collages. Transposing facsimiles of Evans's original images onto cardboard or paper structures of his own making, Alekhuogie rephotographs these image-sculptures against striking backdrops--often using East and West African textiles--thereby inviting multiple dimensions of viewership. Alekhuogie's images draw upon the musical idiom of the reprise--a performance of repetition--and stake a claim to crucial, restorative ideas around Black antiquity by questioning our relationship to what we consider fake or original, art or archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlasspiegel, Wills:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWills Glasspiegel \u003c\/b\u003eis a filmmaker, artist, and organizer from Chicago. He works with the Era Footwork Crew and codirects the nonprofit Open the Circle. He has directed a range of short films, including \u003ci\u003eFootnotes\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eIcy Lake\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eMeet the Era\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and \u003ci\u003eBangin' on King Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). He holds a PhD in American studies and African American studies from Yale University.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrossman, Wendy A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWendy A. Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e is an art and photography historian, writer, educator, and curator based in the Washington, DC, area.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHopkins, Zoë:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoë Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and critic based in New York. She received her BA in art history and African American studies from Harvard University and her MA in modern and contemporary art at Columbia University. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultured\u003c\/i\u003e, and Hyperallergic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572151779602,"sku":"9781597115742","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b228209e-d217-45a2-acfd-2bcda534b7b5.jpg?v=1755854652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/david-alekhuogie-a-reprise-9781597115742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}