Women and Art in South Africa [Hardcover]

Marion Arnold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0312165862 | ISBN-13: 978-0312165864

In this pioneering study, Marion Arnold explores the connections, hitherto hidden or neglected, between women and art in South Africa. By doing so, she recovers the rich histories of South African women artists and celebrates their creativity in the visual arts. In a series of related essays teeming with fresh insights, Marion Arnold asks new questions about the ways women have portrayed themselves, depicted landscapes, painted images of plants and sculpted the body. She examines, too, portraits of women (both black and white) in service and the long history of representations (usually by men) of the female 'other'. Throughout the book, the connections Marion Arnold makes between ideas, artists and their works are always illuminating and often unexpected. Here are not only familiar names viewed afresh - such as Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, Helen Sebidi and Jane Alexander - but lesser-known artists who are rediscovered and brought to life.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (February 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312165862
• ISBN-13: 978-0312165864
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,128,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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