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Art and the end of apartheid /

Black South African artists have typically had their work labeled "African art" or "township art," qualifiers that, when contrasted with simply "modernist art," have been used to marginalize their work both in South Africa and internationally. In Art and the End of Apar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peffer, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Black South African artists have typically had their work labeled "African art" or "township art," qualifiers that, when contrasted with simply "modernist art," have been used to marginalize their work both in South Africa and internationally. In Art and the End of Apartheid, John Peffer considers in-depth the work of black South African artists in the decades leading up to the end of apartheid in 1994. Peffer examines painting and graphic art, photography, avant-garde and performance art, and popular and protest art through artist collectives, such as the Thupelo Art Project and the Medu Art E
Notas:Expansion and Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001.
Portions previously published in various sources.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 339 pages, 8 leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-324) and index.
ISBN:9780816667925
0816667926