Of Missions, Migrants, and Mourning: Some South African Artists Books Considered

Lecture by Dr. Shannen Hill and display of South African artists’ books

National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

August 7, 2:00 p.m.

In the flourishing world of artists’ books, South Africa stands out.  You are invited to discover these exquisite and engaging works of South African art with Dr. Shannen Hill on August 7th, 2 p.m. at the National Museum of African Art.  Her illustrated talk will focus on artists’ books by Malcolm Payne, Keith Dietrich, Peter Clarke, Pippa Skotnes, Coex’ae Qgam, and Thaemae Setshogo.   

You will also have the unique opportunity of experiencing first-hand several of the South African artists’ books in the Warren M. Robbins Library collection that will be available for you to peruse.

Dr. Hill is a specialist in South African modern and contemporary art and recently published Biko’s Ghost: the Iconography of Black Consciousness (University of Minnesota Press, 2015).  She is Associate Curator for African Arts at the Baltimore Museum of Art.  From 1997 to 2014, she taught African art histories at the University of Maryland, the University of Denver, and the University of the Witwatersrand.

(Image credit: Face Value old heads in modern masks by Malcolm Payne (1993). )