Research Catalog

Butcher Boys : an iconic sculpture and its conservation / [ Jane Alexander].

Title
Butcher Boys : an iconic sculpture and its conservation / [ Jane Alexander].
Author
Alexander, Jane, 1959-
Publication
Cape Town, South Africa : Iziko Museums of South Africa, 2020.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library NB1096.A43 A4 2020gOff-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Iziko Museums of South Africa, host institution.
  • South African National Gallery, institutional author.
Description
53 pages : illustrations; 20 x 21 cm
Summary
"Since Jane Alexander's Butcher Boys was acquired by the South African national Gallery in 1990, it has been acclaimed as an icon. It is a work of extraordinary visual and emotional impact - it has visceral, sensory qualities that linger in the viewer's mind long after leaving the Gallery. In conversation with the artist, this publication explores the materiality of the work in relation to its making and later care in a museum context. Kobena Mercer of Yale University provides interpretive insights on Jane Alexander's 'poetic monsters' and highlights the complex interplay of brutality and vulnerability that the sculpture signifies. Angela Zehnder outlines the role of the conservator in ensuring the long-term preservation of the work. Butcher Boys is a work of enduring significance and this publication affirms the importance of holding such works in a public collection and of the commitment to conserving such artworks for the future."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Alexander, Jane, 1959-
  • Alexander, Jane, 1959- > Exhibitions
  • Art, South African > 20th century
  • Art, South African
  • Sculpture, South African > 20th century
  • Sculpture, South African
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53).
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Interpretive essay: postcolonial grotesque: Jane Alexander's poetic monsters / Kobena Mercer -- Conversation with the artist / Jane Alexander -- Role of the conservator / Angela Zehnder -- Afterword -- Appendices.
ISBN
  • 9780620872485
  • 0620872489
OCLC
  • on1226488179
  • 1226488179
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries