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David Goldblatt : no ulterior motive

Title

David Goldblatt : no ulterior motive / edited by Judy Ditner, Leslie M. Wilson, and Matthew S. Witkovsky.

Author

Goldblatt, David

Publication

Madrid : Fundación MAPFRE ; Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, [2023]
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Description

279 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs; 29 cm

Summary

"Born into a family of Lithuanian Jews who emigrated to South Africa, Goldblatt focused much of his work on Johannesburg, the city where he lived for most of his life. His relative freedom to move within a society bitterly divided by racial segregation influenced the critical perspective of his work. In a church facade, down a mineshaft, through the exchange of glances between a passing man and woman, Goldblatt recorded the uneven application and reception of South Africa's political values and beliefs. The highly descriptive captions he wrote for his photographs--which grew increasingly detailed over time--express his incisive attention to the country's land, people, and history." - host institution's website.

Alternative Title

No ulterior motive

Subject

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photobooks.
Portraits.
Essays.

Note

This catalogue features images and texts by contemporary photographers and scholars, many of whom were mentored by Goldblatt, including Zanele Muholi and Sabelo Mlangeni. Some write on Goldblatt's photographs, while others discuss his influence on their own work.

Event (note)

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 2023-March 25, 2024; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, May 23-August 25, 2024; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 21-June 22, 2025.

Exhibitions (note)

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 2023-March 25, 2024; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, May 23-August 25, 2024; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 21-June 22, 2025.
"Born into a family of Lithuanian Jews who emigrated to South Africa, Goldblatt focused much of his work on Johannesburg, the city where he lived for most of his life. His relative freedom to move within a society bitterly divided by racial segregation influenced the critical perspective of his work. In a church facade, down a mineshaft, through the exchange of glances between a passing man and woman, Goldblatt recorded the uneven application and reception of South Africa's political values and beliefs. The highly descriptive captions he wrote for his photographs--which grew increasingly detailed over time--express his incisive attention to the country's land, people, and history"--Art Institute of Chicago website.

Contents

Preface: Life on the margins / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- Introduction / Judy Ditner, Leslie M. Wilson, and Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Plates: Informality -- Near/Far -- Extraction -- Working people -- Disbelief -- Assembly -- Archives -- Dialogues: A visible unseen / Candice Jansen -- Shōmei Tomatsu / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Search for the new land: imagining the house of freedom in the work of Ernest Cole / Ilze Wolff -- Santu Mofokeng / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Structures of belief: Robert Adams and David Goldblatt / Yechen Zhao -- The empty space between earth and sky: David Goldblatt's Dutch reformed church photographs / Daniel Magaziner -- Separateness / Melissa Harris -- Boundaries, or ties that bind / Hilton Judin -- Driving with David / Jo Ractliffe -- The question of access / Sir Professor Zanele Muholi -- Sabelo on Sabelo / Sabelo Mlangeni -- Notes on two photographs and two photographers / Ruth Seopedi Motau -- Dula mona? The intention to stay / Lebohang Kganye -- Essays: Questions of conscience / Judy Ditner -- After something / Leslie M. Wilson.

Call Number

JQF 24-818

ISBN

9780300273410
030027341X

LCCN

2023941904

OCLC

1375549347

Author

Goldblatt, David, photographer, artist.

Title

David Goldblatt : no ulterior motive / edited by Judy Ditner, Leslie M. Wilson, and Matthew S. Witkovsky.

Publisher

Madrid : Fundación MAPFRE ; Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, [2023]

Copyright Date

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

South Africans

Event

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 2023-March 25, 2024; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, May 23-August 25, 2024; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 21-June 22, 2025.

Exhibitions

Added Author

Ditner, Judy, editor, author.

Wilson, Leslie M., editor, author.

Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- editor, author.

Muholi, Zanele, author.

Mlangeni, Sabelo, author.

Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.

Fundación Mapfre, host institution.

Yale University. Art Gallery, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-818

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