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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"African art"”.
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South African art history: the possibility of decolonising a discourse
… of recent calls to decolonise curricula at South African universities there has been a renewed interest in what decolonisation might specifically imply for particular academic disciplines. Art history in South Africa has long struggled to move away from its settler colonial origins towards a more …
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Secular séance: Post-Victorian embodiment in contemporary South African art
… bodies of work by five contemporary South African artists that resuscitate nineteenth - century aesthetic tropes in ways that productively reimagine South Africa’s traumatic colonial inheritance. I investigate the aesthetic strategies and thematic concerns employed by Mary Sibande, Nicholas …
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Hirsute bodies: the reclamation of the feminine in contemporary South African art
… of hair in the work of contemporary South African artists Penny Siopis, Tracey Rose and Nandipha Mntambo. The use of this material, a substance embedded in the body and characterizing its appearance, is indicative of a desire to validate the material body and reclaim its connection with the …
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African art music for flute: a study of selected works by African composers
… idioms. Though there exist many compositions by African composers, African art music is not often programmed by Western performers because of the lack of exposure these compositions have received, lack of commercially-available recordings, and the difficulties of obtaining information about …
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Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume II
… dealing with 1) Westernization and change in African art, 2) Rural black South African art: figurative woodcarving and mural painting, 3) Early twentieth century urban black art in South Africa and 4) Urban black South African art 1960-1980. Sources of photographs of art works are given where …
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Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume I
… Westernization on the development of black South African art, culminating in a form of art referred to as urban black art. While the essential aim of this dissertation is to document selected twentieth century artists and their works prior to 1980, it is felt that a broader art historical context …
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The African art collection in the Iziko South African National Gallery: past, present and possible futures
The Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG) in Cape Town, which is South Africa's oldest 1 state art museum, began growing an African art collection (called the Permanent African Art Collection) in 1967. The collection today is cared for and owned by the Iziko Museums of South Africa Art …
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The African art collection in the Iziko South African National Gallery: past, present and possible futures
The Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG) in Cape Town, which is South Africa's oldest 1 state art museum, began growing an African art collection (called the Permanent African Art Collection) in 1967. The collection today is cared for and owned by the Iziko Museums of South Africa Art …
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A Contemporary Discussion about the Influence of African Art and Culture on European Art with an Emphasis on Miquel Barceló
In modern day it is easy to asses where our artistic influences come from. However there are cases when those influences have not been treated with proper respect and have been appropriated with methodologies that have damaging consequences. This is the case when we look at the influence of much of …
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The Piano Works of Stefans Grové (1922-2014): A Study of Stylistic Influences, Technical Elements and Canon Formation in South African Art Music
… South Africa’s most distinguished composers of art music. He was one of the most prolific contributors to the country’s piano literature, having written large-scale cycles as well as several miniatures for the instrument. This thesis engages with his more widely-performed oeuvre, as well as …
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Approaching Africa: The Reception of African Visual Culture in Germany 1894-1915
This thesis focuses on the approaches to African visual culture in German publications between 1894 and 1915. Considering the development from a purely ethnographic analysis towards an art historical and art scientific discourse, it brings together formerly unconnected fields of research. By …
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Culture's “In-Betweens”: Diaspora and artistic practice of Gavin Jantjes, Marlene Dumas and Moshekwa Langa.
… in any form of engagement with contemporary art and artists from Africa. Whether we scroll through the titles of the latest contemporary art exhibitions on the continent and outside, learn about the buzzy new additions to the annual art fair calendar, leaf through the pages of art …
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The critical history of the New Group
… and retail structures which would enable artists to earn a living from their work, and that once these had been established the Group disintegrated. Chapter Three considered the issue of nationalism and proposed that most art writers during the New Group's existence were primarily …
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I can explain : the work of art is no longer necessary
The bulk of our knowledge of the international art world, and in many cases within the local South African art scene, is based largely on what we read in magazines, art books and the art press. To most individuals these exhibitions exist mainly in written form and within the viewer's personal …
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Culture, Commerce and Value: The Contemporary South African Fine Art Market in Relation to Concepts of Artistic and Financial Success
… I investigate two main premises: firstly that art intermediaries are imperative in value creation in an artist's career, and secondly that high prices are used as a way to justify, measure or reflect an artist's “importance”. The motives for these investigations are, firstly, that there would …
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A Lasting Legacy: Hale Woodruff's The Art of the Negro
<p>This thesis examines the life and work of artist Hale Woodruff, with a particular focus on his six-panel mural entitled The Art of the Negro. Unveiled at Atlanta University's Trevor Arnett Library in 1952, The Art of the Negro was the last mural created during Woodruff's career and represents …
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Arabaribiti, for SATB Voices Divisi
Àràbàríbítí (The Mighty) is an African art choral composition for SATB voices, divisi, with a performance duration of approximately eleven minutes. The piece is scored for a large SATB choir of 40 or more singers in three movements (with multi-layered subsections), two of which are a cappella and …
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Pictures That Satisfy: Modernist Discourses and the Politics of Race, Gender, and Nation in the Art of Irma Stern (1894-1966)
<p>This dissertation examines South African artist Irma Stern’s contributions to modernism in South Africa and to modernism as a global movement. It analyzes how Stern’s interactions with South Africans, combined with her early artistic training in Germany and her cultural connections to the South …
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