ON THE MAP, perspectives on art from Africa South, Vol. 1

207pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Africa South Art Initiative, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780620938549

An anthology of 14 essays on significant bodies of work and critical themes integral to the practice of particular artists. These texts were originally published on the Africa South Art Initiative website.

Contributions:

"[Introduction} On the map(s)/ off the map(s): on the right to claim space" and "Making sense of what landscape is about: A conversation with Mduduzi Xakaza" by Mario Pissarra

"The land of Cedric Nunn" by Candice Jansen

"Peter Clarke: 'there was always tomorrow'” by Candice Allison

"Hiding behind simple things: The iconography of the everyday in the work of Randolph Hartzenberg" by Thelma Mort

"Ann Gollifer: Seeking pathways to home" by Khumo Sebambo

"Nirveda Alleck: The waters don’t forget" by Stefanie Jason

"Lizette Chirrime: Metamorphosis, hybridity and healing " by Lena Sulik

"Scars should also be crowned: Reflecting on Shelley Barry’s cinematic oeuvre" by Sihle Motsa

"Gabrielle Goliath: Performance as 'a different kind of inhabitance'” by M. Neelika Jayawardene

"Settler colonial whiteness in Lizza Littlewort’s oeuvre" by Lize van Robbroeck

“'Ordinary people, ordinary issues, ordinary emotions': Practising with Garth Erasmus and Black Consciousness" by Thulile Gamedze

"Women, mahangu and memories: A conversation with Tuli Mekondjo" by Elize van Huyssteen

"Helena Uambembe: Listening to images of 32 Battalion" by Keely Shinners

"Collective healing through the archive: Nomusa Makhubu and the reinsertion of the erased" by Sibongile Oageng Msimango.

Art historian Mario Pissarra is Director of the Africa South Art Initiative.