Product Description: Originally published by the Standard Bank as part of a curated exhibition in May 2011, this prestigious volume celebrates the life and works of Peter Clarke (1929–2014), one of South Africa’s foremost artists. A mere 500 copies were originally published, all taken up at the exhibition, and continued demand has led to its re-release...read more

Product Description: In the 18th and early 19th centuries, European explorers in the Pacific region faced a challenge: how to describe the peoples they met and how to report what they had seen and found. Thus, it was necessary that serious expeditions include artists and scientists in its ship's company...read more

Product Description: Professional and academic writing is often seen as dull, dry, and as boring to write as it is to read. In The Work of Writing, Rankin challenges these assumptions by encouraging the professional writer to develop a strong writing voice and become fully engaged with the writing process, thus producing written work that is lively and engaging...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides an introduction to printmaking, and focuses on contemporary works by local artists. Their work demonstrates the richness and diversity of printmaking in South African art. Printmaking affords insights not only into art, but into the fabric of South African life.

Product Description: The general introduction to this catalogue addresses the post-war development of South African sculpture, focusing on metal as a medium. Individual essays on more than 20 sculptors explore the diversity of sculptural production in individual oeuvres, from wire toys and representational bronzes through modernist constructions to politically charged multi-media works...read more