MB Visona`
Research Interests:
African architectural histories
Artists in contemporary Africa
African cultural heritage and art history
Reception of African art
Selected publications
2013 A Companion to Modern African Art. Co- edited with Gitti Salami. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell.
2010 Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoon Region of Côte d’Ivoire. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
2008, 2000 A History of Art in Africa (principal author). Pearson/Prentice Hall
2012 “Agent Provocateur: The African Provenance and American Life of a Statue from Côte d’Ivoire”, Art Bulletin, XCIV (1): 99-129
2006 “Redefining Twentieth Century African Art: The View from the Lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire.” African Arts 38 (4): 54-61, 93-4.
Selected Publications:
Courses I teach:
A-H 304 African Art and its Global Impact
A-H 308 Studies in African Art (often taught as the Art of Egypt)
seminars on contemporary art in Africa, and on the reception of artworks from Africa
- Associate Professor, School of Art and Visual Studies
- African American and Africana Studies
- Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
FA 201
(859) 257-1398
Other Affiliations:
- ACASA (Arts Council of the African Studies Association)
