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        Trade Routes – History and Geography: 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997

        Rory Bester and Matthew Debord

        Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council and Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development 1997

        ISBN 9780620215220

      2. 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.

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