{"product_id":"art-and-the-end-of-john-peffer-9780816650026","title":"Art and the End of Apartheid","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book to fully explore cosmopolitan modern art by black South Africans under apartheid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eArt and the End of Apartheid, \u003c\/i\u003e John Peffer considers in depth the work of black South African artists in the decades leading up to the end of apartheid in 1994. Peffer examines painting and graphic art, photography, avant-garde and performance art, and popular and protest art through artist collectives (such as the Thupelo Art Project and the Medu Art Ensemble) and individuals such as Durant Sihlali and Santu Mofokeng. He shows how South African artists imagined what \"postapartheid\" could mean during the time of apartheid, even as they struggled with immediate issues of censorship, militancy, street violence and torture, and, more broadly, the problem of self-representation and the social role of art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeffer describes how, in defiance of the racial polarization that surrounded them, South African artists created \"grey areas,\" nonracialized spaces and hybrid art forms in which both black and white South Africans collaborated. Beyond the boundaries of apartheid, these artists forged connections at home and abroad that modeled a future, more democratic society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Peffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816650020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816650026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 241","brand":"John Peffer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483715645695,"sku":"9780816650026","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37a690c4-deb1-42a6-86b1-e76dc3e031b8.jpg?v=1778040187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-and-the-end-of-john-peffer-9780816650026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}