Painting our portraits: The state of contemporary San art in South Africa and its development potential, using !Xun and Khwe art as a case study

Wendy Irene Van De Weg; Shanade Barnabas

doi:10.1080/02560046.2011.569079

Painting our portraits: The state of contemporary San art in South Africa and its development potential, using !Xun and Khwe art as a case study

Wendy Irene Van De Weg, Shanade Barnabas

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Abstract

This research presents an overview of the state of San art in South Africa, using The!Xun and Khwe Art Project as a case study. Issues relating to primitivity, representation and the San's encounter with modernity are integrated into an analysis of how, and for whom, contemporary San art functions. Examples are drawn from Australian indigenous art to illustrate how the creation of a code of conduct could serve to protect San artists, art dealers and NGOs, and mobilise self-sustaining art projects for the communities involved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-295
Number of pages	14
Journal	Critical Arts
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2011.569079
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

!Xun and Khwe
Development
Modernity
Platfontein
Primitivity
Rock art
San art

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Cultural Studies
Communication
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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Painting our portraits: The state of contemporary San art in South Africa and its development potential, using !Xun and Khwe art as a case study

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