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Trade Routes – History and Geography: 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997
Rory Bester and Matthew Debord (eds.)
Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council and Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, 1997
ISBN 9780620215220

  1. Exhibition catalog to Trade Routes – History and Geography, 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg (various venues), artistic director: Okwui Enwezor/curators: Hou Hanru, Kelly Jones, Yu Yeon Kim, Gerardo Mosquera, Colin Richards, and Octavio Zaya (12.10.–12.12.1997) with a wealth of texts and documentation about participating artists. One of Enwezor’s many influential exhibitions. The second Biennale in Johannesburg after free elections took place in 1995. Major themes included: diaspora, identity politics, influence of technology, problems of translation, postcolonialism, etc. Participating artists included: Wendga Gu, Cildo Meireles, Andreas Gursky, Huang Yong Ping, Ellen Pau, Fiona Tan, Alfredo Jaar, Gary Simmons, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Pipe, Gabriel Orozco, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Beat Streuli, Sam Taylor-Wood, Shirin Neshat, Stan Douglas, Rhona Pondick, Ghada Amer, etc.

  1. Exhibitions (Group/Thematic) (EXH) – 154