Art of The South African Township by Rizzoli
Art of The South African Township by Rizzoli
Softcover, ISBN 9780847809738
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, 1988
Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some slight/limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
"The book was written in the waning years of Apartheid. Though of course the author and the artists depicted did not know this. The best part of the book is the vivid colour and black and white photos of paintings made by black South Africans under the Afrikaner jackboot. There are also photos of the dusty townships, in which blacks and coloureds were relegated. Showing the enforced poverty and hardship that was the true face of Apartheid.
The paintings themselves, and the accompanying narrative, show quite expressive talent. The reader should keep in mind that much overt commentary was often banned under the government's security laws. So that paintings were one of the few social spaces in which people could, sometimes and not necessarily all the time, express dissent. You might think of the paintings as Apartheid's samizdat."
