Memory and magic
Contemporary art of the !Xun and Khwe
Published in
Johannesburg
Illustrations and maps
color illustrations
89 USD
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The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004. The !Xun and Khwe community is the largest community of bushmen or 'First People' of Southern Africa. Originally refugees from Namibia and Angola, traumatised by civil war, slavery and persecution, they found their home in a township called Platfontein near Kimberley in Northern Cape. This contemporary art of the San people emerged from a short phase of transition from the ancient culture - the rock art, the oral history, the old traditions, their 'magical' world -- to the modern, globalised world of media communication and formal education. "The old stories are quiet," a San artist lamented, mourning the gradual loss of his cultural heritage and traditions.
