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South African art now
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- Creator
- Sue Williamson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Collins Design : HarperCollins [distributor], 2009
- Physical Details
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- 320 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780061343513, 006134351X, 9781770097216
- OCLC
- ocn262886306
- Foreword / Nadine Gordimer -- Appreciation / Elton John -- "Better lives", marginal selves : framing the current reception of contemporary South African art / Okwui Enwezor -- Art and life in South Africa 1968 to 2008 / Sue Williamson -- The stifling years : a time of exile -- Culture turns activist : the spread of a new resistance -- Between country and city : rural artists enter the art world -- Freedom at last : euphoria, doubt, and reflection -- Live from South Africa / Roselee Goldberg -- Searching for identity : imaging the new society -- Love and gender in a time of AIDS -- Old influences, new work : fresh interpretations of cultural traditions -- Punchline : a grim humor holds up a mirror to society -- The materiality of sculpture --The poetics of paint -- Acting out : the installation and performance artists --Through the lens : new interpretations of the photographic -- Biographies -- Chronology.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.