Contemporary South African printmaking : a study of the artform in relation to socio-economic conditions, with special reference to the Caversham Press

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The body of the thesis explores contemporary South African printmaking by focusing on TheCaversham Press, established in 1985. Caversham's success encouraged the opening of fourother studios, which formed the core of professional printmaking in South Africa up to 2000.Positioning Caversham in a broader arena, the politicised nature of printmaking in SouthAfrica prior to 1985 is discussed and six projects produced at the Press between 1985 and2000 are examined to situate the Press within the South African socio-economic and culturalcontext. Finally, the interaction between prints from Caversham Press projects and the artmarket in Johannesburg is described and analysed to ascertain the extent to which these sixprojects were products of their time and place in South African art history. In Appendices IVand V, the candidate's own printmaking work, which examines male midlife depression andits impact on the marital relationship, is discussed.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University