Imaginary Fact: Contemporary South African Art and the Archive - Softcover

Maart, Mr Brenton; Festival, National Arts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0620566248 ISBN 13: 9780620566247

Publisher: Imaginary Fact, 2013

Synopsis

"Imaginary Fact - Contemporary South African Art and the Archive" is the title of the exhibition housed in the South African Pavilion at the 55th la Biennale di Venzia. Art influences and reflects its world around us and, as the world changes, so too does its forms. In South Africa, during its turbulent twentieth century, visual art focused on political resistance and became a vehicle for insurgency against human rights abuses. After the advent of democracy it shifted towards an exploration of issues of identity, with race and gender gaining prominence. Today, contemporary South Africa is witness to a further significant movement – a renewed and invigorating focus on how and why histories continue to impact on the world today. To do this, contemporary artists are turning to the archive as the repository of these histories. This exhibition draws on South Africa’s key practitioners who, in very different and vibrant ways, draw on the archived record in order to make sense of our worlds today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Imaginary Fact
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0620566248
• ISBN 13: 9780620566247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182