South African art in context 1907 - 1948 (Paperback)Jillian Carman (OUT OF PRINT NEW)

Visual Century: 1907 - 1948: Vol 1 - South African art incontext (Paperback)

Jillian Carman(OUT OF PRINT NEW)

Volume 1 of Visual Century: South African Art in Context1907-1948 is part of a four-volume publication that reappraises South Africanvisual art of the twentieth century from a postapartheid perspective. Volume 1begins after the South African War when efforts were made to unify the white`races'. It ends with the coming to power of the Afrikaner nationalists. Theperiod encompasses two world wars, the incremental dispossession of the rightsof black South Africans, and the rise of organised black South Africanresistance to white rule. Jillian Carman, the editor of this volume, notes thatart is not created in a vacuum. In her introductory essay titled `Other Ways ofSeeing' she notes that this volume sets the overall approach: "aninterpretation of the history of twentieth century visual art in South Africaagainst the backdrop of momentous social and political events". Thisvolume provides critical perspectives on the ideological and institutionalframeworks for white and black artists of the period, and the art theyproduced. Discussions of public art and architecture, traditionalist Africanart, and Western-style painting and sculpture are complemented withconsideration of the roles played by museums, training, art societies andexhibitions, art historical writing, and patronage. Fresh perspectives on theart of the fi rst half of the twentieth century highlight complexities thatstill resonate today.