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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"african artists"”.
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Making art to make identity : shifting perceptions of self amongst historically disadvantaged South African artists
… study examines how historically disadvantaged artists shift self-identities through artmaking beyond previously racialised, hierarchised and essentialist constructs in a transforming New South Africa. Fieldwork research involved direct observation, working with artists on art projects, and …
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Relationality and theories of the gaze: an analysis of the black female body archetype in the work of contemporary African artists
… of Black female body in artworks by Black women artists, within the context of contemporary exhibition spaces. It analyzes the artistic representations of the Black female body in the works of Wangechi Mutu, Tracey Rose, and Lady Skollie, all of whom incorporate images of Sara Baartman – an …
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Tracing the passion of a black Christ: critical reflections on the iconographic revision and symbolic redeployment of the Stations of the Cross and Passion cycle by South African artists Sydney Kumalo, Sokhaya Charles Nkosi and Azaria Mbatha
… research I consider ways in which black South African artists working during and after apartheid have both revised and symbolically redeployed the Stations of the Cross - and more broadly, the iconographic tradition of the Passion cycle. In so doing, I demonstrate the strategic application of …
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Confronting gold mine acid drainage : art as counter-activity
… caused by mining industries is not unique to the African continent, but is a worldwide phenomenon. Due to the rapid deterioration of environments caused by mining and industry, new environmentalist attitudes became prevalent by the 1970s in the West, seeking change in attitudes towards the land. …
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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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Imfihlo
… that are transgressed by contemporary South African artists in 'showing' and 'telling' things that are otherwise considered as secret. I discuss the ways in which my own practice as an artist and isangoma troubles the threshold. Considering the ideological function of the secret, my work …
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Twenty-First-Century Transnational Theatre Development in the Cases of Théâtre du Soleil/Aftaab and Sundance Institute East Africa: Cultural Politics, Performance Aesthetics, and Global Circulation
… for the professional development of theatre artists in regions in the Global South. The first case study takes up the French theatre company Théâtre du Soleil’s work in Afghanistan, starting in 2005, leading to the formation of the Afghan theatre company Aftaab and the next ten years of …
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Challenges for artists in performing and visual arts : a critical appraisal of their impact to South African tourism industry
… study will be focusing on visual and performance artists. It is the plight of artists that they work hard in their artistic disciplines, but do not benefit to the equivalence of their efforts. There are many reasons for this. Crafters are dependent on a sound tourists industry. The study will be …
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Early radio broadcasting in South Africa: culture, modernity & technology
… notwithstanding all the prejudices of the time. Africans were the last ones to be considered for broadcasting, this was now in a time of crisis, during the Second World War. Through a look at the cultural landscape of the time, the thesis uncovers the making of radio in South Africa, and shows …
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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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Anarchival dance: choreographic archives and the disruption of knowledge
… of performance works by six contemporary South African artists, the thesis surfaces specific ways in which an anarchival disruption of the archive facilitates a re-thinking of colonially inherited knowledge systems, implicit in the archive. The research thus frames anarchival disruption within …
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Art, outrage, dialogue: a McLuhan reading of three visual communicative practices in Cape Town public space
… artistic practices by referring to three main artists; namely Michael Elion, The Tokolos Stencil Collective and Freddy Sam. The basis of the discussion is centred around the recent controversy surrounding Michael Elion's Sea Point public art sculpture, Perceiving Freedom (2014) and the …
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Irma Stern (1894-1966) : the creation of an artist's reputation in her lifetime and posthumously, 1920-2013
… been one of South Africa's most celebrated artists. She has received a great deal of scholarly attention, attention in the popular press and on-going recognition in the market place. Through an evaluation of press clippings, literature, archival material (photographs, the minutes of meetings …
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Word and image : Patrick Cullinan and Judith Mason's Selected Poems 1961-1994 : a case for the special edition artist's book
… collaboration between the English-language South African poet Patrick Cullinan and the equally well-known South African artist Judith Mason. Drawing on interviews with both collaborators conducted by the writer, the dissertation outlines both the artist and writer's perceptions as to their …
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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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Zeitgenössische Malerei in Kenia unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Künstler Joel Oswaggo, Meek Gichugu und Chain Muhandi
Die Fragestellungen und die Zielsetzung des Dissertationsvorhabens stehen in einem deutlichen Kontrast zu bisherigen Publikationen über afrikanische Kunst. Neu ist der kunstwissenschaftliche Ansatz dieser Arbeit, in der die Bildinterpretation und die Analyse der Werke ausgewählter Künstler Kenias …