A reference text documenting "the visual art of the new culture of resistance emerging in South Africa - the work of over a hundred artists and cultural workers seen in the context of the troubled society in which they live. Here are their paintings, sculpture, graffiti, T-shirts, murals and posters - the drawings on the wall." -- introduction. Features the work of artists Paul Grendon, Azaria Mbatha, Joseph Manana, Jules van der Vijver, John Muafangejo, André van Zijl, Penny Siopis, Pippa Skotnes, Paul Emsley, William Kentridge, Deborah Bell, Mmakgabo Mapula Helen Sebidi, The women of the valley, Jane Alexander, Phutuma Seoka, Nelson Mukhuba, Johannes Maswanganyi, Johannes Segogela, Noria Mabasa, Robert Hodgins, Jeremy Wafer, David Brown, Clive van den Berg, Chabani Manganye, Denise Penfold, Sam Nhlengethwa, Unkown miners, Lucas Seage, Gavin Younge, Kendell Geers, Sandra Kriel, Angela Ferreira, Sue Williamson, Cape mural collective, Mpolokeng Ramphomane, Malcolm Payne, Benz Kotzen, Jonathan Shapiro, Garth Erasmus, Manfred Zylla, Alfred Thoba, David Hlongwane, Sfiso Ka Mkame, Ilona Anderson, Cecil Skotnes, Paul Stopforth, Gary van Wyk, Bongiwe Dhlomo, Mandla Emmanuel Sibanda, Kevin Brand, Norman Catherine, Patrick Holo, Sydney Holo, Billy Mandindi, Nathan Honey, Leon Vermeulen, Andrew Verster, Vuyile Cameron Voyiya, Andries Botha, Michael Goldberg, Steven Sack, Lyn Smuts, Sarah Tabane, Hardy Botha, Beezy Bailey, and Tito Zungu. Includes profiles and portraits of each artist, as well as numerous reproductions of artwork, primarily in color. Includes index of artists and institutions.
