South Africa's legacies of racial violence and oppression wrought by colonialism and apartheid have had lasting reverberations on the postapartheid country. Radical responses to the continued inequities facing previously marginalized sectors of the South African population—including amaXhosa, amaNdebele, and amaZulu communities, women of color, and members of the LGBTQI+ community—have produced compelling images of resistance. Fashion and dress, as outward visual expressions, are powerful signifiers of South African postcolonial identity. Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity, presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was a thought-provoking and ambitious exhibition that considered the fashioning of the self through forms of dress and adornment. Curated by Kathryn Gunsch, head of the Arts of Africa and Oceania and Teel Curator of African and Oceanic Art, the exhibition included contemporary South African artists working in fashion, photography, video, and performance that engage with the politics of fashion and dress. Made...
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Autumn 2020
August 01 2020
Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity
Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity
curated by Kathryn
Gunsch
Museum of Fine Arts
, Boston
February 2–May 14, 2019
Lynne Cooney
Lynne Cooney
Lynne Cooney is the artistic director of the Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, and a PhD Candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Boston University. lcooney@bu.edu
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Lynne Cooney
Lynne Cooney is the artistic director of the Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, and a PhD Candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Boston University. lcooney@bu.edu
Online ISSN: 1937-2108
Print ISSN: 0001-9933
© 2020 by the Regents of the University of California.
2020
The Regents of the University of California
African Arts (2020) 53 (3): 89–91.
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Lynne Cooney; Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity. African Arts 2020; 53 (3): 89–91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00541
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