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Ampersand

A Dialogue Between Contemporary Art from South Africa & the Daimler Art Collection

Distributed for Hirmer Publishers

Ampersand

A Dialogue Between Contemporary Art from South Africa & the Daimler Art Collection

For more than ten years, the internationally oriented Daimler Art Collection has committed itself to presenting and promoting South African artists. Highly regarded both in South Africa and beyond, its Mercedes-Benz Award has been awarded to authors, musicians, artists, architects, and fashion designers whose works have been prominently displayed in galleries and at biennials worldwide, including Germany’s Documenta exhibition—widely regarded as one of the most important gatherings in contemporary art.

Ampersand
presents more than fifty works of contemporary South African photography, sculpture, video art, and installation pieces side by side with selected works from the Daimler Art Collection, bringing together a startling array of talent, including established artists like Robert Filliou, Jan Henderikse, Sue Williamson, and Willem Boshoff as well as promising representatives of the younger generation.


128 pages | 164 color plates, 23 halftones | 11 x 10 4/5 | © 2010

Art: European Art


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Table of Contents

Combined German/English Edition

South African art’s journey to the international stage—a personal perspective

      Renate Wiehager

»and per se and«—the ampersand, its origins and background
      Christian Ganzenberg

The end of the Rainbow…

      Marilyn Martin

Meditation on South African culture and identity politics

      Sandile Ngidi

Topologies and archaeology

      Sean O’Toole

Zander Blom

Dineo Seshee Bopape

Willem Boshoff

Robert Filliou

Abrie Fourie

Kay Hassan

Jan Henderikse

Nicholas Hlobo

Alicja Kwade

Marcellvs L.

Jim Lee

Lawrence Lemaoana

Michael MacGarry

Nandipha Mntambo

Patrick Fabian Panetta

Robin Rhode

Athi-Patra Ruga

Jerôme Saint-Loubert Bié

Petro Sanguineti

Lasse Schmidt Hansen

Lerato Shadie

Rowan Smith

Monika Sosnowska

Natalia Stachon

Mikhael Subotzky

Luca Trevisani

Nontsikelelo Veleko

James Webb

Simone Westerwinter

Sue Williamson

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