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Postcolonial

A term so elastic it defies definition. However, post-colonialism can be understood as the reassertion of identity in art, literature, politics, etc., after liberation from a colonial power.

Dates

1776–the present

Places

Africa
Oceania
Asia
Europe
North America
South America

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Works of Art

Mobilizing grief: Mahmoud Sabri’s acts of solidarity

1963

To see an eclipse: crescents in Jewad Selim’s Baghdadi modernism

1953

Mahmoud Hammad, Arabic Writing no. 11

1965

Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Le 30 juin 1960, Zaïre indépendant

c. 1970–73

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël (Happy Couple)

1963

Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra

2006

Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)

2001

Artists

Mahmoud Hammad, <em>Arabic Writing no. 11</em>, 1965, oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm (Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut). Courtesy of the Family Estate of Mahmoud Hammad / Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation

Mahmoud Hammad, Arabic Writing no. 11, 1965, oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm (Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut). Courtesy of the Family Estate of Mahmoud Hammad / Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation

Armando García Menocal

Mahmoud Hammad

Tshibumba Kanda Matulu

Mahmoud Sabri

Jewad Selim

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