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Strange Cargo
Essays on Art
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary South African art, cultural studies, and art criticism. It will especially appeal to those who appreciate thoughtful essays that challenge conventional perspectives and celebrate diversity in the art world.
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Strange Cargo: Essays on Art is a collection of forty essays by Ashraf Jamal. It can be regarded as the twin of Jamal's previous book, In the World: Essays on Contemporary South African Art (2017). Both form part of a single venture to celebrate and entrench the rich complexity of South African artists in a global imaginary.
The artists that Jamal chooses to reflect upon refuse to fit into a predictive algorithm. He has written with equal intensity about artists old and young, dead or alive, famous or relatively unknown, black or white, trending or not. Love and empathy—his indifference to difference—is his engine room, and much like the artists featured, Jamal does not only write for the moment we are in, but for a readership to come.
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ISBN: 9788857246550
Publisher: Skira
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 July 2022
Country: Italy
Imprint: Skira
Illustration: 185 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Text by Ashraf Jama
- Edited by Sven Christian
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 165.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 1500g
Pages: 544
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About the Author
Ashraf Jamal is a Research Associate in the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, University of Johannesburg. He is the co-author of Art in South Africa: The Future Present and co-editor of Indian Ocean Studies: Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives. He is also the author of Predicaments of culture in South Africa, Love themes for the wilderness, and the award-winning short fiction, The Shades.
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