Craft Art in South Africa

Craft Art in South AfricaCraft Art in South Africa highlights the renewed sense of creativity and inspiration that is sweeping across the country against all odds. South African craft artists proliferate in these precarious economic times and maintain their artistic integrity with perseverance and passion. This book showcases the versatility and skill of some of the many artists working in South Africa today. It takes pride in the wide variety of tactile craft art works

It shows women creating new ways of understanding and embodying femininity in their search for alternative ways to live

with no clear beginning or end

or bondage

Elliasson led the 5-year experimental program 'Institute for Spatial Experiments’

we hope to support them in other ways such as offering advice

Black cloth boards

I like to choose 2-4 main colours to create unity in the work

tongue-in-cheek reimaginings of Teletubbies that take their cues from “the 2012-2014 Tumblr trend of galaxy-themed decor

Throughout the book

"Olafur Eliasson

With photographs by emerging and established photographers from across the continent

His practice involves in-depth research