{"product_id":"namsa-leuba-crossed-looks-9788862087520","title":"Namsa Leuba: Crossed Looks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful, vividly chromatic portraits of African identity and the Western fantasy of cultural otherness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying the first solo exhibition of Swiss Guinean artist Namsa Leuba (born 1982) in the United States, \u003ci\u003eCrossed Looks\u003c\/i\u003e features Leuba's major projects to date, including photography series in Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria and Benin, and the debut of a new series recently made in Tahiti.\u003cbr\u003eThe exhibition and publication consider how Leuba's photographic practice explores the representation of African identity and the cultural Other in the Western imagination. Over 90 photographs inspired by the visual culture and ceremonies of West Africa, contemporary fashion and design, and the history of photography and its colonizing gaze present Leuba's unique perspective that straddles reality and fantasy. Through the adaptation of myths attributed to the Other, Leuba's photographs acknowledge this double act of looking, a dialogue of global cultures. The essays included in the book examine the nuanced themes of identity and representation in Leuba's multiple bodies of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Damiani Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788862087520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Namsa Leuba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41229607502005,"sku":"9788862087520","price":46.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14691f73-2c7d-4540-b6c6-190fb244fe1c.jpg?v=1634041822","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/namsa-leuba-crossed-looks-9788862087520","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}