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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The !Xun & Khwe Art Project: Contemporary Art by the San People from South Africa. Collection Hella Rabbethge-Schiller

The !Xun & Khwe Art Project: Contemporary Art by the San People from South Africa. Collection Hella Rabbethge-Schiller

Rabbethge-Schiller, Hella

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African ArtGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 3897907054
ISBN13: 9783897907058
Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
Published: Jun 21 2024
Pages: 216
Language: English
A unique art project established 1993 in a refugee camp in South Africa. Text in English and German.

The !Xun & Khwe Art Project was developed in 1993 in a refugee camp in Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. After being party to the struggles for liberation from colonial rule, endangered groups of San people from Namibia and Angola were relocated there. They eventually found their final home in the self-governing South African community of Platfontein. The art of the !Xun and Khwe came about during the short period of transition from a traditional way of life to a modern, globalized society. This is what makes them unique. The collection of Hella Rabbethge-Schiller reveals the remarkable creativity and visual expressiveness of the artists. Despite otherwise depending on oral transmission, the San have captured their stories for posterity here in images charged with energy.

Text in English and German.

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