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A decade of democracy : South African art, 1994-2004 : from the permanent collection of Iziko: South African National Gallery

Presents in visual and literary form a record of the hopes and aspirations, fears and concerns, of South Africans during 1994-2004 through the eyes of the country's artists. It consists of eleven essays on the major acquisitions of the gallery.
Print Book, English, 2004
Double Storey, Cape Town, 2004
IX, 149 Seiten : zahlreiche Illustrationen
9781919930503, 1919930507
260113852
Foreword by Marilyn Martin Introduction by Emma Bedford; 1. Postcolonial South Africa: three canvas bags on art and change by Andries Opliphant; 2. Spaces to say by Rory Bester; 3. The tug of history by Andre Lamprecht; 4. Calculated tiptoeing by Joe Dolby; 5. The horn of the national art museum's dilemma by Marilyn Martin; 6. Embodying change: reading the body in contemporary South African art by Emma Bedford; 7. Studio without walls by Pam Warne; 8. Finding the post-black position by Zayd Minty; 9. The bearable lightness of Tracey Rose's 'The Kiss' by Ashraf Jamal; 10. Identity's lack, identity's excess by Liese van der Watt; 11. Rites of passage: refiguring initiation by Moleleki Frank Ledimo