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The Progress of Love is a collaborative project between the Menil Collection, Houston; Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos; and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis.
How do today’s artists understand and depict notions of love? As witnessed in this compelling book, they often transcend traditional European romantic notions to create representations of love in less familiar manifestations. The title of this volume, The Progress of Love, refers to a group of 18th-century paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, who represented love as a contemporary phenomenon rather than in the guise of allegory or fiction. Today’s artists go further.
Exploring the forces that shape our conceptions of love, The Progress of Love brings together the work of 30 artists from Africa, Europe, the African diaspora, and the New World. Beautiful color images show works in a range of media by a dazzling array of contemporary artists, including Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Sophie Calle, Mary Ellen Carroll, Kendell Geers, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Romuald Hazoumé, Zanele Muholi, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, and Yinka Shonibare.
Kristina Van Dyke is the director of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis. Bisi Silva is the director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos.
MENIL ARTISTS
Billie Zangewa
David Goldblatt
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Emeka Ogboh
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Joël Andrianomearisoa
Kelechi Amadi-Obi
Kendell Geers
Lyle Ashton Harris
Mary Ellen Carroll
Nadine Robinson
Ricardo Rangel
Romuald Hazoumé
Senam Okudzeto
Toyin Odutola
Yinka Shonibare, MBE
Zanele Muholi
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Zoulikha Bouabdellah
Zwelethu Mthethwa
CCA ARTISTS
Adaora Nwandu
Andrew Esiebo
Jelili Atiku
Temitayo Ogunbiyi
Valérie Oka
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Zanele Muholi
PULITZER ARTISTS
Sophie Calle
Temitayo Ogunbiyi
Yinka Shonibare, MBE
Zina Saro-Wiwa
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