Mshwishwile

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Mshwishwile

1995

Ian van Coller (South African, born 1970) Published by Segura Publishing Company, Inc

Ian van Coller produced a series of photogravures about South African plants in which a single image is accompanied by two descriptive texts reflecting divergent world views. The images operate from the artist’s premise that South Africa’s extraordinary landscape is a determining factor in how South Africans understand themselves, as well as his observation that the region’s plants have often been used and understood differently by native Africans and Europeans. In the artist’s words, his desire was not to emphasize oppositions but rather to place the texts in communication with one another.

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Object Details

Titles:

Mshwishwile

Date:

1995

Artists:

Ian van Coller (South African, born 1970) Published by Segura Publishing Company, Inc

Medium:

Photogravure and lithograph

Dimensions:

Sheet: 30 × 22 inches (76.2 × 55.9 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Hunt Corporation (formerly Hunt Manufacturing Co.) Arts Collection Program, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-63-1

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