A south african colouring book was produced in hamburg in 1974 and 75. Sue williamson, gavin jantjies, robin rhode, santu mofokeng and william kentridge at yale university art gallery contemporary artsouth africa features more than 30 artworks produced in south africa or by south africans from the late 1960s to the present, a period of immense political and social change. At the time, even exhibiting his work could have landed you in jail. Oct 09, 2018 artist gavin jantjes was exiled from his native south africa for creating a work to tackle ignorance about apartheid politics.
One of his most radical expressions against the segregationist policy, and his most renowned work, is south african colouring book. Gavin jantjes born 1948 in district six, cape town is a south african painter, curator, writer and lecturer jantjes attended the michaelis school of fine art at the university of cape town from 1966 to 1969. South african artists works put on auction at prestigious. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by gavin jantjes. Lecture 25 postcolonial arts of africa flashcards quizlet. Colour these people dead, gavin jantjes, 19745 tate.
On 1970, he received a daad scholarship to undertake a masters degree in the hochschule fa. He studied at the university of cape towns michaelis school of fine art until 1969. How a south african artist tackled ignorance about. He left apartheid south africa in 1970 on a daad scholarship to study at the hochschule fur bildende kunste hamburg between 1970 and 1972. It is a series of eleven postertype prints made up of image and text presented in the guise of a childs colouring book. Buy a south african colouring book by jantjes, gavin isbn. It consists of eleven serigraphs constructed with photographs, news, drawings, text, and prints representative of apartheid. Artwork page for classify this coloured, gavin jantjes, 19745. Jantjes, gavin a south african colouring book 197475.
A south african colouring book is a highlight of our. Gavin jantjes a south african colouring book was created while the artist was studying at the hamburg art academy in west germany, 1970. Wikipedia, lexilogos, larousse dictionary, le robert, oxford, grevisse. Gavin jantjes the true colours of the state, detail from a south african colouring book. Sa colouring book is a folder of eleven screen prints. A south african colouring book, 19745 gavin jantjes sothebys london. In 1979 he published the south african colouring book, which consisted of eleven collaged serigraphs exploring apartheid in the format of a childs coloring book. View a south african colouring book by gavin jantjes on artnet. A south african colouring book was produced in an edition of twenty. A south african colouring book, 19741975 screen printing and mixed media. Johannesburg art gallery johannesburg, south africa. Mar 12, 2020 gavin jantjes a south african colouring book, 197475. Gavin jantjes was born in 1948 in district six, cape town, south africa. A dialogue between carlos capelan and gavin jantjes gavin jantjes, from a south african colouring book, 1974.
Gavin jantjes born 1948, district 6, cape town is a south african painter, curator, writer and lecturer. Artist gavin jantjes was exiled from his native south africa for creating a work to tackle ignorance about apartheid politics. The south african colouring book 12 gavin jantjies. Jantjes was born in cape town, south africa, and studied fine art at the university of cape town 19669. To view shipping calculator, please clickhereplease note that consumer cancellation rights do not apply to this lot. Since he was living in germany in exile when he created this series, he used ernest coles book of apartheid photography titled house of bondage as reference. Listen to artist gavin jantjes discuss the motivation behind his seminal work, a south african colouring book, the methods he used to create it and the.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of gavin jantjes books online. Gavin jantjies this work plate 231 is a typical example of jantjes first body of mature works. Ben enwonwus art, others to feature in sothebys london. A south african colouring book, gavin jantjes, 19745 tate. Lecture 25 postcolonial arts of africa study guide by justinjanuary includes 7 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. With reverso you can find the english translation, definition or synonym for colouring book and thousands of other words.
A south african colouring book superficially recalls the series of death and disaster prints by american pop artist andy warhol 192887. Gavin jantjes a south african colouring book, 197475. Find artworks by gavin jantjes south african, 1948 on mutualart and find more works from galleries, museums and auction houses worldwide. However, warhols prints are commodity related, while jantjes are overtly political in their message.
In 1986 he was appointed a senior lecturer in fine art at chelsea college of arts, the london institute. The series of 11 prints mimics a childs colouring book as a means of criticizing apartheids race classification system. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. A south african colouring book is a veritable compendium of critical commentary and reflection on south africas apartheid era.
He lives and works between norway, south africa, and the uk. One of the most brilliant works in the show is a south african colouring book by gavin jantjes. A south african colouring book by gavin jantjes on artnet. Containing 11 images plus the cover jantjes uses the irony of colour in a south african colouring book to emphasize how the state was obsessed by categorizing everything by colour.
Mar 16, 2020 a south african colouring book, 197475. Jantjes gavin a south african colouring book 1974 1975. Jantjes attended the michaelis school of fine art at the university of cape town from 1966 to 1969. The true colours of the state, gavin jantjes, 19745 tate. It incorporates several well known images of the 1976 soweto uprising, including one by peter magubane, as well as lesserknown photographs, not least george halletts. The arts council collection is the uks most widely seen collection of modern and contemporary art.
A south african colouring book arts council collection. Now it is the subject of phd theses and is used by the united nations to highlight racial discrimination under the apartheid regime. A critical work in the history of contemporary art is a south african colouring book, a suite of eleven prints plus cover created in 19741975 by the noted south african artist gavin jantjes. He left south africa in 1970 after being awarded a daad scholarship to study at the staatliche hochschule fur bildende kunste in hamburg, germany 19702.
Amazed by the lack of knowledge surrounding south africa and apartheid, the artist made a work that could be understood as a tool. You can complete the translation of colouring book given by the englishgerman collins dictionary with other dictionaries such as. With more than 8,000 works by over 2,000 artists, it can be seen in exhibitions and public displays across the country and beyond. The south african colouring book 2 gavin jantjes not dated. Bildene ble raskt sensurert i sorafrika og jantjes matte forbli i eksil. This is a tate images licensable image titled from a south african colouring book, colour these people dead by tate images. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Gavin jantjes author of visual century south african art in.
Sothebys how a south african artist tackled ignorance. As the mordant title indicates, this is a play on racial groups as identified in south africas. Please note that consumer cancellation rights do not apply to this lot. A south african colouring book, gavin jantjes, 19745. A south african colouring book er laget som en fargeleggingsbok for barn hvor hvert blad har en tittel som pa en sarkastisk mate alluderer til undertrykkelsen og rasismen under apartheid. In oslo as well as abroad, gavin jantjes is known to most as. The south african colouring book 8 gavin jantjes not dated. Gavin jantjes a south african colouring book 11 prints, plus cover 197475 screen print with mixed media on paper 2003161, museum purchase the 11 prints plus cover that compose a south african colouring book offer critical commentary and reflection on south africas apartheid era by exploring racial classification, conflict and exploitation. I would like to propose approaching the notion of exile in terms. Artist gavin jantjes was exiled from his native south africa for creating an artwork which tackled ignorance about apartheid politics.
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