B is for Black
Anton Kannemeyer, South African, born 1967
2008
Hand printed lithograph on paper
14/35
Overall: 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund
2009.50.2
Portfolio / Series Title
Alphabet of Democracy
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
21st century
Object Name
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Text: b is for black / black [underscored] adj. opposite of white, dirty, / messy, without light, dark, illegal, dim, / smuggled, sombre, disasterous, dismal, / obscure, sullen, bad-tempered, angry, / horrible, grotesque, malignant, un- / lucky, unhappy, depressed. / SOURCES: CHAMBERS & OXFORD DICTIONARIES; numbered, lower left: 14/35; signed and dated, lower right: KANNEMEYER 2008
Course History
SOCY 7.2, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Spring 2014
SOCY 7.1, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
AAAS 67.5, GEOG 21.01, Black Consciousness and Black Feminisms, Abigail Neely, Winter 2019
Art History 63.13, Bad Art!, Katie Hornstein, Summer 2023
History 67.01/African and African American Studies 46.01, History of Modern South Africa, Robert Zeinstra III, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Anton Kannemeyer, Fear of a Black Planet, Michael Steveson Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-Novemeber 22, 2008.
Publication History
Michael Stevenson, Anton Kannemeyer, Fear of a Black Planet, Woodstock, South Africa, ill. p. 18.
Provenance
Michael Stevenson Fine Art CC, Cape Town, South Africa; sold to present collection, 2009.
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