An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists

An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists

This research investigates the Neo-Baroque aesthetic of excess in contemporary South African art, and explores reasons for the emergence of this style. It investigates artists who use their bodies as a site of resistance, to contest or reconstruct the dominant social values which establish differenc...

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Main Author: Greyvenstein, Lisa
Other Authors: Swanepoel, Pieter
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
Subjects:
Body politics
Baroque
Abject
Minette
Vari
Spectacle
Rose
Tracey
Post-colonialism
Other
Neo-baroque
New media
Nandipha
Mntambo
Hybird
Nicholas
Hlobo
Leora
Faber
Excess
Eroticism
Cultural resistance
Contemporary south african art
Steven
Cohen
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27466
Greyvenstein, L 2012, An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27466 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222013-150953/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27466
Greyvenstein, L 2012, An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27466 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222013-150953/

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