Between Union and liberation: women artists in South Africa 1910-1994 (1st ed.)

The essays collected here investigate art made by women in South Africa between 1910, the year of Union, and 1994, the year of the first democratic election.

During this period, complex political circumstances and the impact of modernism in South Africa affected the production of images and objects.

The essays explore the ways in which the socio-political circumstances associated with twentieth-century modernity had a paradoxical impact on women.

If some were empowered, others were disadvantaged: while some were able to further their social and cultural development and expression, the advancement of others was impeded.