Irma Stern and the racial paradox of South African modern art : audacities of color /

"South African artist Irma Stern (1894-1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures-Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, this b...

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Autore principale: Berger, LaNitra M. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.
Serie:Required reading range ; v. 25.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2667457
Sommario:
  • Introduction
  • Irma Stern in a Global Context: Expressionist Influence
  • Cape Town Blues: Painting South Africa
  • Congo and Zanzibar
  • Modernism Under Apartheid: Art and Social Context
  • If Rhodes Must Fall, Must Stern Fall? Audacities of Color in Post-apartheid South Africa.