W is for White
Anton Kannemeyer, South African, born 19672008
Hand printed lithograph on paper
Edition of 35
Overall: 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund
2009.50.3
Geography/Culture
Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa
Period
21st century
Object Name
Classification
Africa
Not on view
Inscription
Text: w is for white / white [underscored] adj. clour of milk or fresh / snow, innocent, unstained, pure, / unblemished, bright, anti-revolution- /ary, auspicious, reliable, favourable, honorable, honest, upright, with- / out bloodshed, free from guilt. / SOURCES: CHAMBERS & OXFORD DICTIONARIES
Course History
AAAS 67.5, GEOG 21.01, Black Consciousness and Black Feminisms, Abigail Neely, Winter 2019
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
SOCY 7.1, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Winter 2015
SOCY 7.2, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Spring 2014
Exhibition History
Anton Kannemeyer, Fear of a Black Planet, Michael Steveson Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-Novemeber 22, 2008.
A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 28-November 3, 2019.
Publication History
Michael Stevenson, Anton Kannemeyer, Fear of a Black Planet, Woodstock, South Africa, ill. p. 19.
Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019.
Provenance
Michael Stevenson Fine Art CC, Cape Town, South Africa; sold to present collection, 2009.
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