Kapwani Kiwanga

Artist Kapwani Kiwanga traces historical narratives, excavating and considering the global impact of international relationships—including colonialism—in its manifold aspects, and how it permeates contemporary culture. 

The first reference monograph on one of the most discussed contemporary artists active today, this publication, designed by London-based graphic design studio A Practice for Everyday Life, documents her entire body of work since her beginnings in 2009, highlighting her most important fields of research, from disciplinary architecture and Afrofuturism to her singular take on minimalism, and political and spiritual beliefs. It gathers together various contributions by art historians and critics, curators and anthropologists—among them Omar Berrada, Emanuele Coccia, Adrienne Edwards, Lesley Lokko, and November Paynter—to draw a multidisciplinary and polyphonic portrait of Kiwanga’s practice and thinking.

Author(s): Adrienne Edwards, Amzat Boukari-Yabara, Emanuele Coccia, Kapwani Kiwanga, Kathleen Ritter, Lesley Lokko, Mélissa Laveaux, November Paynter, Omar Berrada

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Paperback, JRP editions, 2023
224p, 9.4 × 11.8 in.