Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art

Brodie, David, Laurie Ann Farrell, Churchill Madikida, Sophie Perryer & Liese Van Der Watt (Curators) With Essays By Okwui

ISBN 10: 0945802420 / ISBN 13: 9780945802426

Published by NY: Museum for African Art, 2004

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17 artists whose work deals with South Africa ten years after the country's first democratic elections, 175 pages, illustrated. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art
• Publisher: NY: Museum for African Art
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0945802420
• ISBN 13: 9780945802426
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

Season South Africa is a major program of contemporary visual and performing arts that runs from September 2004 through January 2005. Launched by the Museum for African Art and The Cathedral of St. John the Divine during the year that South Africa is commemorating its first decade of democracy, Season South Africa showcases some of that country's most gifted and acclaimed contemporary visual and performing artists chosen by an international team of curators. The visual arts exhibition, Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, presents newly commissioned and recently produced works in various media by 17 South African artists. The common thread throughout the exhibition is the higly personal point of departure of the artists' working methods that are informed by their varied experiences as South Africans. Volume I also features an introduction by the exhibition curators, as well as various exploratory and insightful texts.