Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa - Softcover

Allara, Pamela; Martin, Marilyn; Mtshiza, Zola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962954551 ISBN 13: 9780962954559

Publisher: Brandeis University, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham MA, 2003

Synopsis

This book presents an astonishing array of creative activity that constitutes the visual landscape of the young, post-apartheid nation of South Africa. As a result of this country's heterogeneous traditions, distinctions between high and low art, and between art and craft, are eroding more quickly here in South Africa than they are in the West. As a result, the word artifact is increasingly used interchangeably with art. In addition, the arts are linked to seemingly unrelated concepts such as social transformation, economic empowerment, and cultural industries. "Coexistence", organized jointly by the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University and the Art Division of the Iziko Museums in Cape Town, is one of a stream of museum exhibitions of South African art organized since 1990 that have made South Africa a kind of poster child for the new internationalism in the art world. Although this exhibition is in no way meant to provide a comprehensive overview, it does aim to present a challenging alternative model of contemporary artistic practice in a global culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brandeis University, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham MA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0962954551
• ISBN 13: 9780962954559
• Binding: Paperback