Visual Century: 1990 - 2007: Vol 4 - South African art in context (Paperback)

Volume 4 of Visual Century: South African Art in Context 1907-1948 is part of a four-volume publication that reappraises South African visual art of the twentieth century from a postapartheid perspective. The years 1990 to 2007 are covered in Volume 4, edited by Thembinkosi Goniwe, Mario Pissarra and Mandisi Majavu. The end of the Cold War and subsequent emergence of globalisation, along with the advent of democracy in South Africa introduced new social and political orders, with profound implications for South African artists. Concurrently, the persistence of economic inequalities and conflicts within and beyond national borders constantly mitigated against an unbridled celebration of `freedom'. The essays in this volume critically address some of the most notable developments and visible trends in postapartheid South African art. These include South Africa's entry into the international art community, its struggle to address its past, and artists' persistent and often provocative preoccupations with individual and collective identity. The widespread and often unsettling representation of human bodies, as well as animal forms, along with the steady increase in use of new technologies and the development of new forms of public art are also discussed. While much of the art of the period is open-ended and non-didactic, the persistence of engagement with socially responsive themes calls into question the reductive binary between `resistance' and post-apartheid art that has come to dominate accounts of `before' and `after'.

General

Imprint:	Wits University Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	June 2014
Editors:	Mario Pissarra • Thembinkosi Goniwe • Mandisi Majavu
Dimensions:	271 x 238 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With dust jacket
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-86814-527-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Promotions Books > Promotion > Wits University Press
LSN:	1-86814-527-1
Barcode:	9781868145270

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