South Africa: The Art of a Nation

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September 01 2018 South Africa: The Art of a Nation South Africa: The Art of a Nation by JohnGiblin and ChrisSpringLondon: The Trustees of the British Museum/Thames & Hudson, 2016. 255 pp., 194 color ill., 10 b/w ill., 6 maps, index. $55.00 Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2018 by the Regents of the University of California.2018The Regents of the University of California African Arts (2018) 51 (3): 93–94. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00424 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation South Africa: The Art of a Nation. African Arts 2018; 51 (3): 93–94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00424 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search The weight of South Africa's turbulent and violent past often determines the narrative scope of present scholarship. South Africa: The Art of a Nation is a beautifully illustrated monograph published in conjunction with the British Museum's 2016–2017 exhibition of the same title. Co-curators of the exhibition John Giblin (head of the Africa collection at the British Museum) and Chris Spring (curator of contemporary African art and the eastern and southern African collections at the British Museum) co-wrote the catalogue. The catalogue provides the breadth that is usually associated with textbooks, but also contributes to ongoing scholarly debates. The ambitious scope does not hinder the depth of analysis that extends through all seven chapters. This feat is accomplished by way of the effective and creatively structured chapters, which move chronologically, but also incorporate a thematic call-and-response between the earliest forms of South African art (ca. 3,000,000 bp) and modern and... You do not currently have access to this content.