Books written by Manori Neelika Jayawardane
Jayawardene, Manori (2023) Queering the nation, querying the history of Black portraiture: Zanele Muholi’s Somnyama Ngonyama as a healing ritual. Art Journal. 58.
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Jayawardene, Manori (2022) “This is not the correct history”: Lacunae, Contested Narratives, and Evidentiary Images from Sri Lanka’s Civil War. Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
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Jayawardane, Neelika & Lane, Carly (2018) Continental Drift: Black/Blak Art from South Africa and North Australia. Cairns Regional Gallery.
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Book chapters by Manori Neelika Jayawardene
Jayawardene, Manori (2022) Institutional irresponsibility: How coverups at art institutions perpetuate gender-based violence. In Lesser Violence: Volume 1. Amie Soudien (Ed). Johannesburg: MaThoko’s Books. Pp. 141-169.
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Books featuring writing by Manori Neelika Jayawardene
Smith, Ming et al (2020) Ming Smith, An Aperture Monograph. New York: Aperture.
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McGrew, Rebecca et al (2020) Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris. Pomona College Museum of Art.
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Bhimji, Zarina (2018) Zarina Bhimji: Lead White. Heni Publishing.
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Muholi, Zanele et al (2018) Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness. New York: Aperture.
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Nunn, Cedric (2015) Unsettled. Wunderhorn.
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Journal articles written by Manori Neelika Jayawardene
Jayawardane, Manori (2019) ‘The capacity-building-workshop-in-Africa hokum’*, Journal of African Cultural Studies. 31(3): 276-280. DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2019.1630265
Other writing by Manori Neelika Jayawardene
Jayawardene, Manori (2022) “Art and the Limits of ‘Awareness’ Politics: Reflections on Guantánamo, this year’s Berlin Biennale controversy, and the artworld’s tendency for shallow political consciousness.” Art Review. 11 Nov. 2022.
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Jayawardene, Manori (2020) “Ming Smith’s Photographic Tribute to August Wilson.” Ming Smith: An Aperture Monograph. Aperture: 2020.
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Jayawardene, Manori (2019) “Fashioning an ‘Image Space’ in Apartheid South Africa: Afrapix Photographers’ Collective and Agency.” Extra – a publication of Antwerp’s FotoMuseum.
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Theses by Manori Neelika Jayawardene
Jayawardene, Manori (1999) “The escape artist”. MA Thesis. Iowa State University.
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