Visualising China in Southern Africa : Biography, Circulation, Transgression Paperback / softback
by Juliette Leeb-du Toit, Ruth Simbao, Ross Anthony, Rui Assubuji, Ying Cheng, Malcolm Corrigall, Romain Dittgen
Edited by Juliette Leeb-du Toit, Ruth Simbao, Ross Anthony
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With China’s rise as the new superpower, its presence in Africa has expanded, leading to significant economic, geopolitical and cultural shifts.
Chinese and African encounters through the lens of the visual arts and material culture, however, is a neglected field.
Visualising China in Southern Africa is a ground-breaking volume that addresses this deficit through engaging with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists while analysing broader material production that prefigures the current relationship.
The essays are wide-ranging in their analysis of ceramics, photography, painting, etching, sculpture, film, performance, postcards, stamps, installations, political posters, cartoons and architecture.
Richly illustrated, the collection includes scholarly chapters, photo essays, interviews, and artists’ personal accounts, organised around four themes: material flows, orientations and transgressions, spatial imaginaries, and biographies.
Some of the artists, photographers, filmmakers, curators and collectors in this volume include: Stary Mwaba, Hua Jiming, Anawana Haloba, Gerald Machona, Nobukho Nqaba, Marcus Neustetter, Brett Murray, Diane Victor, William Kentridge, Kristin NG-Yang, Kok Nam, Mark Lewis, the Chinese Camera Club of South Africa, Wu Jing, Henion Han and Shengkai Wu.
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- Pages:376 pages, 147 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Wits University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2023
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:376 pages, 147 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Wits University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2023
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- ISBN:9781776147670