Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa

Published by David Phillips, David Krut Distribution, 1997, softcover, illustrated, 204 pages, 21.5 cms x 27.6 cms, condition: as nw.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of printmaking in South Africa, replacing the now outdated monograph by F. L. Alexander. It discusses historically artists who made major contributions within each of the printmaking techniques, giving great detail on contemporary South African art. It is also a handbook on artists working in various mediums and gives full explanations of each work chosen for the exhibition at the 1998 South African National Arts Festival, lists 785 known printmakers born after 1900, and illustrates the work of 89 important artists. It is an essential guide to this important aspect of South African art.

Elizabeth Rankin is a South African fine arts academic, and is an emeritus professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in neglected South African artists, and printmaking and sculpture.

Philippa Hobbs is a South African art historian, artist, and art collector. Hobbs was a professor of art at the Technikon Witwatersrand from 1979 to 1993, and also the Head of Printmaking there. She has been noted for her contribution to the practice of art (with national and international exhibitions), art education, research, and community development through art. Hobbs has worked as Curator of the MTN Art Collection, a private, corporate art collection in Johannesburg.