SouthAfricanArtNow
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollinsUS
- 出版时间 2009年10月
- ISBN 9780061343513
- 定价 798.90
内容简介
WrittenbySueWilliamson,oneofSouthAfrica'smostinfluentialartcriticsandeditorsandherselfaleadinginternationalartist,"SouthAfricanArtNow"offershistoricalcontextandin-depthanalysisofawidevarietyofSouthAfricanartgenresandmediums,frompaintingandsculpturetophotography,fromperformanceandtraditionalcraft-makingtovideo.Thebookspansfourdecades,fromearlypoliticalartinthe1960s(duringtheApartheidyears)tothethought-provokingworkswithuniversalthemesthatgrabbedtheinternationalartmarket'sinterestagenerationlater.MajorSouthAfricanartistsincludesomeoftheworld'smostwell-knownnames,fromMarleneDumas,WilliamKentridge,andGerardSekoto,toup-and-comingartstarssuchasRobinRhode,NicholasHlobo,andMustafaMaluka.NobellaureateandSouthAfrica-basednovelistNadineGordimercontributesamovingforeword,andsomeoftheworld'sleadingartcritics,includingOkwuiEnwezorandRoseLeeGoldberg,offerinsightfulessaysthatplacetheworksincludedintoatrulyinternationalcontext.WithSouthAfricanartquicklybecominganareathatisreceivingmuchattentionatauctionsandartfairsaroundtheglobe,"SouthAfricanArtNow"isararecombinationofanart-historicalmust-readandasumptuouscontemporarydesignbook.
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