The Hidden Thread: In South Africa's Visual Heritage
African art has always been viewed from a colonising gaze by people who measure everything. Their dances are orchestrated .Their artists learn by copying old figures. Spontaneity and intuition free from meddling thoughts are eschewed. Surrealism for instance was one movement that sought to free artists from the domination of Reason. The consequence of this western attitude to life resulted in the marginalisation of Africa!
The writers in this book seek to situate South African Art in its proper place challenging Western norms! Following in the footsteps of Mancoba, they trace meteors rise to the infinity of creativity, intuitive, spontaneous and calculated!
- Professor Pitika Ntuli
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Chapters
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Introduction
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Ubuhlalu (Beads)The Science of an Ordinary Art
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Mathematical Principles In African Art And Designwith Particular Reference to Southern African Murals, Basketry and Beadwork
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Ceramics and South African Indigenous Visual Heritage
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Ernest Mancoba's African Rooted Universal Vision of Humanity
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Critical Survey of Published Research on Southern African Indigenous Visual Heritage
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