A unique art project established 1993 in a refugee camp in South Africa.
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Xun & Khwe Art Project was developed in 1993 in a refugee camp in Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. After being party to the struggles for liberation from colonial rule, endangered groups of San people from Namibia and Angola were relocated there. They eventually found their final home in the self-governing South African community of Platfontein. The art of the !
Xun and Khwe came about during the short period of transition from a traditional way of life to a modern, globalised society. This is what makes them unique. The collection of Hella Rabbethge-Schiller reveals the remarkable creativity and visual expressiveness of the artists. Despite otherwise depending on oral transmission, the San have captured their stories for posterity here in images charged with energy. Text in English and German.
Edited by:
Hella Rabbethge-Schiller
Imprint: Arnoldsche
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions:
Height: 295mm,
Width: 215mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1.298kg
ISBN: 9783897907058
ISBN 10: 3897907054
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 September 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Khulu Mbatha FOREWORD 6 Bettina Ruhrberg ‘When I PAINT I FEEL GOOD’ 7 Hella Rabbethge-Schiller The !XUN&KHWE ART PROJECT 13 Tomsen Nore RECENT HISTORY of the !XUN AND KHWE SAN of SOUTH AFRICA: a HISTORY MOULDED by FORCES BEYOND their CONTROL 16 CATALOGUE 25 NGONGO, THE MONSTER 39 THE GECKOMAN 40 THE ELEPHANT, THE HIPPO AND THE HARE 45 THE LEOPARD AND THE HARE 58 Hella Rabbethge-Schiller MY COLLECTION 196 David Morris CONTEMPORARY ART from PLATFONTEIN and the ROCK ENGRAVINGS of WILDEBEEST KUIL – a PALIMPSEST 198 Carol Kaufmann A CIRCUITOUS JOURNEY: CAPE TOWN and GERMANY in the LIVES of BUSHMAN ARTISTS 204 The ARTISTS 208 The AUTHORS 214 SELECTED LITERATURE 215 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 216 EDITOR’S NOTE 216
