The !Xun & Khwe Art Project was developed in 1993 in a refugee camp in Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. After being party to the struggles for liberation from colonial rule, endangered groups of San people from Namibia and Angola were relocated there. They eventually found their final home in the self-governing South African community of Platfontein. The art of the !Xun and Khwe came about during the short period of transition from a traditional way of life to a modern, globalized society. This is what makes them unique. The collection of Hella Rabbethge-Schiller reveals the remarkable creativity and visual expressiveness of the artists. Despite otherwise depending on oral transmission, the San have captured their stories for posterity here in images charged with energy.<\/p>\n
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A unique art project established 1993 in a refugee camp in South Africa. Text in English and German.
Khulu Mbatha
\nFOREWORD 6
\nBettina Ruhrberg
\n‘When I PAINT I FEEL GOOD’ 7
\nHella Rabbethge-Schiller
\nThe !XUN&KHWE ART PROJECT 13
\nTomsen Nore
\nRECENT HISTORY of the !XUN AND
\nKHWE SAN of SOUTH AFRICA: a HISTORY
\nMOULDED by FORCES BEYOND their
\nCONTROL 16
\nCATALOGUE 25
\nNGONGO, THE MONSTER 39
\nTHE GECKOMAN 40
\nTHE ELEPHANT, THE HIPPO AND
\nTHE HARE 45
\nTHE LEOPARD AND THE HARE 58
\nHella Rabbethge-Schiller
\nMY COLLECTION 196
\nDavid Morris
\nCONTEMPORARY ART from PLATFONTEIN and the ROCK ENGRAVINGS of WILDEBEEST KUIL – a PALIMPSEST 198
\nCarol Kaufmann
\nA CIRCUITOUS JOURNEY: CAPE TOWN and GERMANY in the LIVES of BUSHMAN
\nARTISTS 204
\nThe ARTISTS 208
\nThe AUTHORS 214
\nSELECTED LITERATURE 215
\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 216
\nEDITOR’S NOTE 216<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46491","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-edited-by-hella-rabbethge-schiller","8":"publisher-arnoldsche-art-publishers","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n