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BiographySydney Kumalo
… It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before … ancient stories of a tribal people. This mix of old and new cultures…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the … many of the other critics who heralded this 'refreshingly new and untainted' art were…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… 1929, to Vunina (born Nxasana) and Jotham Mvusi, second generation Christian converts and prosperous farmers. Selby’s father was a graduate of the…
The New Generation
… A significant challenge to state policy as regards the visual arts was undertaken at The State of Art in South … and their founding dates, represents a…
BiographyMary Sibande
… in Johannesburg - is interested primarily in questions of the body and how to reclaim the black female body in … To, 2008). Sophie is both active and passive…
BiographySydney Alex Kumalo
… Sydney Alex Kumalo was born in the middle of the colonial conquest of Africa, the same year … . As an art instructor he was instrumental in shaping a…
The Polly Street Era
… It is evident, through the examples of the art of John Koenakeefe Mohl, Ernest … and became a significant training ground for a whole generation of artists. …
The Pioneers
… The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had … in a variety of crafts, and the urban centres, where a new educated elite began exploring…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art … from the commercial establishment, and no major senior generation representative.’ The…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… As the Polly Street Art Center drew to a close so Rorke's Drift … over to the Africans. (1) The duality of the old and the new, traditional and technological…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old guard racists have in general come … the first five years of government…
Concluding Remarks
… What I hope my focus on the early Seventies has revealed is that "protest" took root … She writes: "...this book concerns the way artists of my generation…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the … Hampstead Garden Suburb, to art…
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… In 2002 the South African Society of Artists, the oldest surviving … featuring some of our finest practitioners in painting, sculpture, architecture, design…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … the whites. His success was a clarion call to the rising generation to rise and fight for…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the verandah AMATHURI - Verandah IBADI - Door IBALELO - Used … followed a left-and-right ordering…
PlaceSea Point
… prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which … who had not been employees of the Tramway…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of … built in major cities to worship local gods. During the New kingdom, 1100 B.C to 1600 B.C, these…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The main street in a … horror nearer. The girls went back to Waterford, their new school in Swaziland. I was…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… His Majesty the King, Isilo Samabandla, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr … mark the first anniversary since the inauguration of the new administration. I feel a…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… clear in his visionary, successful attempts to transform the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from an apartheid … in himself the force of the humble with…
PlaceThe art lover’s summer road trip through the Western Cape
… The province’s blend of ocean horizons, historic … with a side of culture, a summer art adventure across the Western Cape offers the perfect balance of…
PlaceFree State Province
… The Free State Province lies in the heart of South Africa, … 1853 the Boers (as the Voortrekkers who had settled in the new republics were now called)…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
… first made a substantial appearance, in 1971, at the national and biennial Art South Africa Today exhibition … a youthful "underground" trend, rather than…