A celebration of the creative imagination and linguistic versatility of the Zulu people and an overview of the history of Nguni cattle and their economic, social, political and spiritual importance. Well illustrated with watercolours and b/w photographs. Index, 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

A large format book with colour and b/w illustrations of the work of George Pemba, a great South African painter denied full recognition in the apartheid years. Each chapter explores the influences that shaped his life and work. Includes a sixty page portfolio section with colour reproductions of his work. 156pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL, 1868420361

A study of the South African randlords who amassed extraordinary art collections during the nineteenth century. Illustrated with colour reproductions of some of the most celebrated paintings of their collections and contemporary photographs and cartoons of the randlords themselves, this is a valuable addition to the history of art collecting. Index, bib, notes, 199pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS, 1874950636

This book raises awareness of South Africa's diverse collections of art and cultural objects. Designed as a handy fieldguide for connoisseurs and amateurs alike, Visual Heritage guides the reader in aspects of cultural history and art critique. In full colour, the book covers 24 of the most important permanent collections in South Africa - selected because they are public or semi-public collections of international reputation, and together offer a variety of media and traditions. It equips the reader with the knowledge and skills necessary to visit further collections, galleries and museums, many of which enjoy directory entries in the book.

Documents the most innovative and exciting developments in contemporary art in South Africa between 1980 and 1990, set against the background of the changes in the country and within an international art context. Illustrated with colour photographs. Index, 157pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP

1996 0864863217 Paperback

ArtThrob (www.artthrob.co.za) is the most authoritative voice on contemporary art in South Africa. Started in 1997 by the writer-artist Sue Williamson, and updated weekly for most of its life, the website has become the first port of call for anyone wanting to find out what is happening on the South African art scene. This CD-ROM profiles more than 50 top artists, hundreds of reviews, coverage of major art events, exhibitions and issues, a comprehensive catalogue of art websites, and a new essay by Sue Williamson on developments in South African art during the period 1998-2003. MAC SYSTEM 8+, WINDOWS 98 OR LATER, ZONE 2, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

Since it began in 2000, Monkeybiz has transformed the South African beading landscape. By bringing a contemporary slant to a venerable tradition it has taken craft art to new levels. This book showcases the artwork that has been produced and tells the story of how the initiative became a model for income generation and women's empowerment at the grassroots level 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

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. The contributors study the lives and achievements of women - named and un-named, black and white, and from different cultural groups and social contexts - and consider objects and images that are historically associated with both 'art' and 'craft'. In all the essays, gender theory is related to the particulari-ties of the South African context. BNS, 254pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS.

In his 1962 painting 'The Black Christ', Ronald Harrison chose Chief Albert Luthuli as a model for the face of the Christ. He modelled the two centurions on John Vorster and Hendrik Verwoerd, arch proponents of the doctrine of apartheid. For this bold act of worship and defiance and his subsequent refusal to divulge the whereabouts of the painting, Ronald Harrison was incarcerated, tortured and placed under house arrest. This is his story. 184pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Describes and discusses the virtually unknown rock art of the northernmost reaches of South Africa, in the area of the Central Limpopo Basin. It describes the work of four distinct cultural groups: the San; Khoekhoen (Khoikhoin or 'Hottentots'), Venda and Northern Sotho, and, most recently, people of European descent. Col photos, 156pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

The authors bring together a rare collection of the work of Christo Coetzee. Coetzee lived and worked in three continents - Europe, Africa and Asia - and is one of South Africa's foremost proponents of the abstract and controversial avant-garde style of the 1950's 1960s, when artists, especially in the heady flux of post-war London, were actively pushing the bounds of accepted art forms. 45 colour plates, some published here for the first time. 80pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

A richly illustrated study of mural art in South Africa. Looks at sources and impulses of what is often highly emotive, political art and the part it plays in the formation of South African identities. The essays are arranged chronologically beginning with the San and Ndebele traditions moving on to look in depth at the changes in the art form through the 1980s and 1990s. Bib, colour illus, 290pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Number 10 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Deborah Bell is a leading Johannesburg painter and sculptor whose work is created in dialogue with multiple worlds, texts, histories and consciousnesses. She is also widely known for her collaborative projects with William Kentridge and Robert Hodgins. Inspired by museum objects from ancient civilisations, including African, Babylonian and Egyptian, her work incorporates multi-layered references to past and present worlds. This connection to ancient sources and memories is linked to her spiritual beliefs and how she defines herself as an artist in Africa, working with materials such as clay and bronze. Bib, 96pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

A volume showcasing the art produced in South Africa since 1994 held in the permanent collection of Iziko: South African National Gallery. Provides a visual record of the hopes, aspirations, fears and concerns of ordinary South Africans since democracy. Includes essays on the work presented and is illustrated with colour photographs. Notes, ix, 149pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY.

Both a catalogue and a reader, a companion to the exhibition "Democracy X: Marking the Present; Re presenting the Past" held in the Iziko Castle Galleries in Cape Town in 2004, as part of the official activities to mark ten years of democracy in South Africa. The exhibition was designed to create awareness of the diversity of cultures in South Africa by drawing attention to the importance of all the cultures of South Africa. Two interrelated purposes shape this text. The first is to present a written and visual record of the exhibition as comprehensively as possible. The second is to explore a range of historical, cultural and political matters, related to the exhibition but not strictly confined to it, a resource to stimulate and support historical, cultural and political debate. Extensively illustrated. 329pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Gerard Sekoto, considered one of the earliest South African modernists and social realists, completed his most memorable work during the early and middle years of the 1940s. When he left to go to Paris in 1947, he was at the height of his creative powers, a richness retrospectively brought to light by the discovery, after Sekoto's death, of the painter's suitcase of treasures, which contained previously unknown musical compositions, letters and a large quantity of notes, writings and private documents. Foreword by Es'kia Mphahlele. Index, Many b/w drawings and images, 16 colour plates, xi, 244pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

An unconventional look at South African architecture and a book that can be enjoyed equally by those interested in historical buildings, the art enthusiast, and the student of architecture. It is both a personal sketchbook and, if the history of a country can be told through its buildings, an interesting portrayal of human settlement and migration in South Africa. 170 illustrations, bib, 112pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

New edition of the classic collection of 327 posters documenting the massive popular struggles against apartheid in the 1980s. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. Full colour reproductions. List of acronyms. 181pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

Number 9 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Kagiso Pat Mautloa is based in Johannesburg and draws his inspiration from the street culture, the dynamics of the changing city and the images and people he encounters there. He was involved in many of the local and international artists' workshops of the '80s and early '90s which helped a whole generation of black artists emerge onto the art scene despite the apartheid strictures imposed on them. Andries Walter Oliphant's text includes discussions of his installation, assemblage, print and mixed media works, spanning his days as a student at Rorke's Drift, his active career of international Biennales and group exhibitions. 95pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

From an exhibition of South African art that included many of the country's best artists. The essays are mostly writ-ten by leading South African art critics and commentators. An essential purchase for anyone interested in the sub-ject. Col ill, large format, 190pp, GERMANY. PRESTEL.

Lulu Phezulu (Lulu on Top) is the name of the home of Leigh ('Lulu') Voigt, the artist and illustrator who lives with her artist husband in the house they built for themselves on a mountain top in a nature reserve in Mpumalanga.This book is, at one level, a personal account of her and her family's move from the city to the country and their serendipitous encounters with nature and the local people.It is also a breathtakingly beautiful natural history notebook filled with Leigh's watercolours and drawings as well as a wealth of anecdotes, curiosities, lore and legend about the natural world. Illus .in full colour throughout. 165pp. SOUTH AFRICA . DAVID PHILIP

1999 0864864450 Hardback

The Mapula Embroidery Project in the Winterveld is one of the most important community art projects in South Africa. In addition to generating an income for economically disadvantaged women, Mapula embroideries couple high levels of technical and visual artistry with topics that speak eloquently of public histories as well as women’s personal experiences. Dazzling in colour and inventive in design, the embroideries also engage compellingly with social and political issues that have shaped the lives of their makers. Col photos, 128pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

In September 1997 MTN, one of the leading cellular telephone companies in South Africa, made a modest purchase of artworks by South African artists. This marked the beginning of what was to become a major corporate collection of South African art. Now eight years old, and comprising some 1400 African and South African works, the collection has been energetically researched, published, traveled, exhibited, discussed, debated and admired. The writers who have contributed essays to Messages and Meaning: The MTN Art Collection are renowned South African critics, art historians, anthropologists, and curators. Andries Oliphant, Emile Maurice, Nessa Leibhammer, Khwezi Gule, Pattabi Ganapathi Raman, Philippa Hobbs, Ronel Kellner, Colin Richards, Clive Kellner, Wilma Cruise, Judy Seidman, and Elizabeth Rankin share their insights on the artworks in the collection, the messages they embody, the stories they tell, the ideas they communicate and the spaces both architectural and psychological that they occupy. Index, artist biogs, 301pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING

Large format, richly illustrated portrait of the arts of the Ndebele people. Photographs are organised into chapters on gateways, motifs, gables, windows, interiors, beadwork, umuzi and ceremonies. Glossary, bibliography, 188 colour photographs, maps, 200pp, UK. THAMES & HUDSON, 0500283877

An overview of Gladys Mgudlandlu's art, one of the foremost exponents of Expressionism in South Africa, assessing her contribution to painting in South Africa. She held her first painting exhibition, the first African woman to do so, in 1961. Art critics and the public recognised the significance of her highly individualistic art expression and, today, her art may be found around the world. Colour photographs and reproductions, 96pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS [SOUTH AFRICA], 1874950660

Number 7 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Noria Mabasa is an artist based in Limpopo province, north of Johannesburg. She is a sculptor of large woodcarvings and figurative ceramic work who first came to prominence in the urban art scene in the mid 1980s. Her extraordinary sculptures, inspired by dreams and visions of her ancestors, were included in the first Johannesburg Biennale. 94pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

2003 0958449651 Paperback

Born in 1922, the son of a Huguenot Afrikaner missionary ministering to a 'coloured' rural community near Cape Town. At the age of 22, du Toit became a studio apprentice of Jean Welz, an Austrian émigré who became a powerful influence in South African art. Landscape was du Toit's leitmotif. Until his death in 1986, he explored the structural and functional basis of landscape in paintings and drawings. Index, 130 colour plates, 112pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS [SOUTH AFRICA].

An extraordinary collection of paintings and drawings and a fascinating record of Pretoria from a hamlet on the banks of the Apies River to its development into one of the capitals of the world. The stories behind the paintings and the painters are a laudable contribution to the recording of the history of art in Pretoria. Bolsmann's hours of grinding research are skilfully concealed by his easy writing style. A lavishly illustrated, informative and entertaining document. Index, 355pp, UK. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

An account of the thirty year correspondence between Richard and Freda Feldman and the pioneering South African artist Irma Stern highlighting the connections of family and friendship that would sustain the expressionist painter emotionally and professionally. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs and images. Bib, notes, vii, 184pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE.

A history of the Evangelical Lutheran Art and Craft centre at Rorke's Drift which offered training to black artists during the years of apartheid and its contribution to South African art. Also includes profiles of the artists studying at the school from 1968 to 1982. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Sources, notes, xv, 242pp, SOUTH AFRICA, DOUBLE STOREY.

Classic account of the visual art against apartheid. First published in 1989, it has been reprinted with a new preface. Full colour throughout. Index, 157pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

Number 12 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Zulu's wide-ranging interests in science, astronomy, and pan-African philosophy, and his innovative use of fire have resulted in a body of work that stands up to rigorous interpretation but conveys a profound appreciation of patterns and harmony. Important pieces such as Royal Court Art Work and his Artomic Passages series, attest to a meditative aesthetic philosophy, a disciplined artistic practice, and a keen awareness of the often-difficult relationship between art and society. 96pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

A rare story that sweeps you up into its heart. Painstakingly handwritten over a three-year period, it is the life story of William Zulu, a linocut artist, highly acclaimed for his art works. It recounts with zest and humour the events of his life, his unfolding artistic development and the world of deep rural Africa in which his spirit is rooted. SOUTH AFRICA, UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Number 8 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Steven Cohen is a pioneering artist whose work provocatively confronts issues of identity. Best known for his live performances, Cohen appears not only on stage and in galleries but also, uninvited, in public spaces. His work deals with outsider identity, using his own and others' bodies to create 'living art' that references sculpture, contemporary dance, drag and performance art. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT. 96pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

A study of the work of South African artist Sue Williamson, whose photography and installations attempted to make visible the people and events ignored by apartheid society. In modern times, her work focuses on people made invisible by HIV/AIDS. Includes a CD ROM and an essay entitled The Trauma of History. Text in English, French and Flemish. 103pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY.

Catalogue for the travelling exhibition at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, 2004-2005, with text by art historian Brenda Schmahmann. Includes an educational supplement by Philippa Hobbs with biographies of the artists and recommended reading on the subject of South African women artists. 112pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

Commentary by leading South African art critics, artists and academics on the Standard Bank African Art Collection housed at the University of Witwatersrand. Full colour photographs throughout. Bib, 151pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND ART GALLERIES.

Number 11 in the Taxi Art Books, a series of titles on contemporary South African artists. Each book is accompanied by an educational supplement. The series aims to extend the profile of South African artists and the visual arts and to develop an active educational programme and teaching resource archive. Includes over 100 colour images of Boshoff's work, from his earliest woodcarvings and concrete poems, to more recent works in stone, wood, and other media. An extensive and carefully researched essay by the writer Ivan Vladislavic places Boshoff's art in context and offers insightful analyses of several major works. 127pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition organised by Castello di Rivoli that will tour during 2004 and 2005. Addressing the more challenging and intimate aspects of contemporary life in South Africa, both during and after the apartheid period, William Kentridge explores the nature of memory and emotion. This catalogue includes early and recent drawings made by the artist since 1979, stills from his animated films, and his sculptures as well as several essays and prefaces. Text in Italian and English. Bib, 256pp, ITALY. SKIRA.

Few artists can match Kentridge's draughtsmanship, or his ability to switch and combine media. To say nothing of the complex ways in which he draws upon South Africa's past and present. This sumptuously illustrated volume accompanies the first survey of his work to tour the US. Large format, col & b/w ill, bib, 159pp, USA. ABRAMS.

The first book to focus solely on Kentridge's formidable print oeuvre, filling a gap in published work on the artist to date. It is also the first major publication on William Kentridge to be published in South Africa. The book includes over 180 works and presents the full range and complexity of his printmaking, from his linocuts of the 1970s to his recent sophisticated and distinctive 'Thinking Aloud' drypoints created while he was working on his production of Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute', which premiered in Brussels in April 2005. 159pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID KRUT PUBLISHING.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, this book showcases South African artist William Kentridge's installation, composed of a mechanized theatre in miniature, animated film projections, charcoal drawings and sculptural elements, collectively entitled Black Box / Chambre Noire. 136pp, USA, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS.

The manufacture and decorative use of wire in Southern Africa traditional arts dates back to the first millennium AD. With advancements in telecommunications, a new type of wire came into being. Beginning in the late 1960's, Zulu night watchmen started weaving scraps of this wire around their traditional sticks. This new material was also applied to making izimbenge (beer pot covers) that had been traditionally made from grass and palm. Today, there is wide variety in the creative use of this wire, and, in post-Apartheid South Africa, Zulu craft artists are imbuing old forms with the colourful contemporary material of telecommunications. 212pp, USA. MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS.

2005 0890134499 Hardback

Explores the connections between women and art in South Africa questioning the ways women have portrayed themselves, depicted landscapes, painted images of plants and sculpted the body. The author also refers to portraits of black and white women in service, and the long history of mainly male representations of the female 'other'. Illustrated with 40 pages of colour plates and b/w photographs and drawings. Index, bib, refs, notes, 186pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

A selection of 162 rare Zulu artefacts from private collections worldwide. The text contextualises the works of art and their place within Zulu culture. Illustrated with colour photographs. Gloss, refs, 303pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AMAZULU PUBLISHERS, 0958428794

2000 Hardback