Art and the End of Apartheid

by John Peffer

Book Overview

The first book to fully explore cosmopolitan modern art by black South Africans under apartheid

Black South African artists have typically had their work labeled "African art" or "township art," qualifiers that, when contrasted with simply "modernist art," have been used to marginalize their work both in South Africa and internationally.

In Art and the End of Apartheid, John Peffer considers in depth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816650020
• ISBN13: 9780816650026
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"