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Visualising China in Southern Africa

Wang, Shuo, Rodrigues, Gemma, Esmyol, Esther, Cheng, Ying, Huynh, T Tu, Anthony, Ross, Simbao, Ruth, NG-Yang, Kristin, Neustetter, Marcus, Zhang, Lifang, Dittgen, Romain, Harrison, Philip, Leeb-du Toit, Juliette, Hayes, Patricia, Assubuji, Rui, Mwaba, Stary, Yang, Yan, Hu, Binjun, Lewis, Mark, Kritzinger, Nicola, Corrigall, Malcolm, Moyo, Khangelani

2023

Overview

Engaging with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists while analysing broader material production, the essays in this volume are wide-ranging in their analysis of ceramics, photography, painting, etching, sculpture, film, performance, postcards, stamps, installations, political posters, cartoons and architecture. With China’s rise as the new superpower, its presence in Africa has expanded, leading to significant economic, geopolitical and cultural shifts. Chinese and African encounters through the lens of the visual arts and material culture, however, is a neglected field. Visualising China in Southern Africa is a ground-breaking volume that addresses this deficit through engaging with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists while analysing broader material production that prefigures the current relationship. The essays are wide-ranging in their analysis of ceramics, photography, painting, etching, sculpture, film, performance, postcards, stamps, installations, political posters, cartoons and architecture. Richly illustrated, the collection includes scholarly chapters, photo essays, interviews, and artists’ personal accounts, organised around four themes: material flows, orientations and transgressions, spatial imaginaries, and biographies.

• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Subject: Art, Chinese / History / Media Studies / SOCIAL SCIENCE
• ISBN: 1776147677, 9781776147694, 1776147693, 9781776147670