South Africa
South Africa's contemporary art scene is a dynamic blend of heritage and innovation. Renowned artists like William Kentridge and Mary Sibande challenge perceptions, merging global trends with local narratives. The Zeitz MOCAA and the Goodman Gallery are major platforms for this thriving art movement. Discover more of South Africa's vibrant contemporary art on Composition Gallery's website.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO SOUTH AFRICA
Zanele Muholi
Isililo XX,
Photography
Inkjet print
Currently Not Available
Marlene Dumas
The Fog of War, 2006
Limited Edition Print
Digital Print on paper
EUR 8,000
William Kentridge
No Idea Thought Image, 2016
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
EUR 800
Marlene Dumas
Faceless, 1993
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
Currently Not Available
Artistic discipline where sound is used as a medium. Like the other contemporary art genres, Sound Art is interdisciplinary in its nature. It can engage with a wide range of subjects that include electronics, acoustics, noise music, psychoacoustics, audio media, video or film and sculpture among other subjects. Early examples of sound art include Luigi Russolo's noise intoners and other experiments done by surrealists, Dadaists and happenings of Fluxus among others.
The use of images or pre-existing objects with application of little or completely no transformation to them. It has played a very significant role in the history of visual, musical, performing and literary arts. In visual arts for instance, to appropriate means properly adopting, sampling, recycling or borrowing aspects(even entire form) of artificial visual culture.
Modern realism describes artwork which depicts things as they exist in reality. Because the art style followed after abstract art was developed, the art is generally painted or drawn using modern approaches while continuing to paint realistic subjects from everyday life.
