The Rainbow Nation - Identity and transformation

Oxford Art Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-15

  Martin, Marilyn ^a  

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EID: 63849306454     PISSN: 01426540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxartj/19.1.3     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. See A. Sparks, The Mind of South Africa The Story of the Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Mandarin Paperbacks, London, 1991)
2. See John Seller's review of George B. N. Ayittey's book Africa Betrayed in The Weekly Mail & Guardian, 2-8 September 1994, p. 42
3. I have discussed this in three articles: M. Martin, 'Documenta 9: A Critique of Curatorial Attitudes and Approaches', de arte, vol. 47, April 1993, pp. 15-24
4. M. Martin, 'Restoring our Otherness - Reflections on the Meaning of Eurocentrism and its Effects on South African Culture', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 11, 1993, pp. 93-100
5. M. Martin, 'The Venice Biennale 1993', South African Arts Calendar, vol. 18, no. 2, 1993, pp. 4-5
6. R. Araeen, 'What is post-Apartheid South Africa and its place in the world?', Africus: Johannesburg Biennale, exhibition catalogue, 1995, pp. 17-18. The organizers of the Johannesburg Biennial chose the inappropriate title, Africus, for the first event. This reflects a continued genuflecting to Europe, as if the name of our continent needs to be Latinized (incorrectly in this case) in order to be acceptable to the world
7. Weekly Mail, 31 October- 6 November 1986
8. Democracy in Action, 31 August 1994, p. 12
9. Quoted from Monoculture in Education by: R. Bharucha, 'Somebody's Other Disorientations in the Cultural Politics of our Times', Third Text, vol. 23, 1994, p. 9
10. G. T. McEvilley, 'Here comes Everybody', Africus: Johannesburg Biennale, exhibition catalogue, 1995, p. 57
11. Weekly Mail and Guardian, 10-17 April 1995, p. 38
12. Carol Becker, 'Herbert Marcus and the Subversive Potential of Art', in C. Becker(ed.), The Subversive Imagination Artists, Society, & Social Responsibility (Routledge, New York and London, 1994), p. 120
13. Njabulo Ndebele, author and Vice Rector of the University of the North, participated in the conference in Chicago (note 3), and spoke about this disorientation on a panel 'The Artist in Transition: Eastern Europe, Iran, Mexico & South Africa'
14. Quoted from Transitions (note 19)
15. S. Gilman, 'Truth seeking, memory and art: comments following four weeks of life in the new South Africa', Africus: Johannesburg Biennale, exhibition catalogue, 1995, p. 37
16. I refer specifically to O. Oguibe, 'In the "Heart of Darkness"', Editorial, Third Text, vol. 23, 1994, pp. 3-11