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Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color - Softcover

Berger, LaNitra M.

 
9781350187535: Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

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Through both archives and interviews, this critical art history study explores the racial dimensions of South African modern painter Irma Stern's life and art work.

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LaNitra M. Berger is Senior Director of Fellowships and Associate Director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University, USA

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South African artist Irma Stern (1894-1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, this book explores how Stern became South Africa's most prolific painter of Black, Jewish, and Colored (mixed-race) life while maintaining controversial positions on race. Through her art, Stern played a crucial role in both th

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