This is a resource catalogue for the Southern African Collection of the
Johannesburg Art Gallery, providing a guide to the exhibitions SECULAR
AND SPIRITUAL and OBJECTS OF MEDIATION / VIEWS FROM WITHIN. It tells a
story of early Black South African artists and gives a unique account of
pioneer black artists born in the 19th and early 20th Century. Its aim
is to explore urban art created by early black artists in South Africa.
The 50
page catalogue is generously dispersed with images of wonderful,
important and quality objects. Regrettably - the catalogue includes an
image depicting one of many fake figures Mark Valentine had
commissioned. The Johannesburg Art Gallery was not the only public or
private institution to have been deceived by the man. Once his fraud was
exposed, curators for the most part stood by and did nothing, 'other
than cover for their own poor judgment of his character and their lack
of knowledge
regarding such objects'.
Price: $40.00 plus
postage.
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