ON THE MAP: perspectives on art from africa south, vol 1

Title: ON THE MAP: perspectives on art from africa south, vol 1

Editor/s: Mario Pissarra, with Thulile Gamedze, Fiona Mauchan and Keely Shinners.

Authors: Candice Allison, Thulile Gamedze, Candice Jansen, Stefanie Jason, M. Neelika Jayawardene, Thelma Mort, Sihle Motsa, Sibongile Oageng Msimango, Mario Pissarra, Khumo Sebambo, Keely Shinners, Lena Sulik, Elize van Huyssteen, Lize van Robbroeck.

Featured artists: Nirveda Alleck, Shelley Barry, Lizette Chirrime, Peter Clarke, Garth Erasmus, Gabrielle Goliath, Ann Gollifer, Randolph Hartzenberg, Lizza Littlewort, Nomusa Makhubu, Tuli Mekondjo, Cedric Nunn, Helena Uambembe, Mduduzi Xakaza.

Publisher: ASAI, March 2026 

ISBN: ISBN 978-0-620-93854-9

Description: An anthology of 14 texts that were originally published on the website of the Africa South Art Initiative. Texts focus on significant bodies of work and critical themes integral to the practice of particular artists, foregrounding the work of artists and writers in engaging with many of the pressing concerns of the postcolonial present. Includes introductory essay, bibliography, index, colour illus. (115), 208pp.

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ADDENDUM: LIST OF CONTENTS

[introduction] On the map(s)/ off the map(s): on the right to claim space – Mario Pissarra
The land of Cedric Nunn – Candice Jansen
Peter Clarke: “there was always tomorrow” – Candice Allison
Making sense of what landscape is about: a conversation with Mduduzi Xakaza – Mario Pissarra
Hiding behind simple things: the iconography of the Everyday in the work of Randolph Hartzenberg – Thelma Mort
Ann Gollifer: seeking pathways to home – Khumo Sebambo
Nirveda Alleck: the waters don’t forget – Stefanie Jason
Lizette Chirrime: metamorphosis, hybridity and healing – Lena Sulik
Scars should also be crowned: reflecting on Shelley Barry’s cinematic oeuvre – Sihle Motsa
Gabrielle Goliath: performance as a “different kind of inhabitance” – M. Neelika Jayawardene
Settler colonial whiteness in Lizza Littlewort’s oeuvre – Lize van Robbroeck
“Ordinary people, ordinary issues, ordinary emotions”: practising with Garth Erasmus and Black Consciousness – Thulile Gamedze
Women, mahangu and memories: a conversation with Tuli Mekondjo – Elize van Huyssteen
Helena Uambembe: listening to images of 32 Battalion – Keely Shinners
Collective healing through the archive: Nomusa Makhubu and the reinsertion of the erased – Sibongile Oageng Msimango
Contributors
Selected references
Index

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