The Nsukka artists and Nigerian contemporary art

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From a symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition The Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group at the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution, 16 essays examine the design background of Nsukka art; its relationship to contemporary Nigerian art; and the larger context of African, Third World, and western art. Artists, art scholars, and curators from Nigeria and the West contribute. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)