Statements in Spring, an art exhibition
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- 1980
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Artists: Thami Mnyele
Medu Art Ensemble
Statements in Spring, an art exhibition
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Thami Mnyele
Medu Art Ensemble
Newsletter 1980, Vol. 2, No. 2
Part of 3-MEDU NEWSLETTERS
Cultural Bodies are a means for artists to learn from and communicate with their communities. How is it done? This edition of Medu opens discussion on the inter-communication between artists and communities. To this end, a "Graffiti Page" has been added to allow for public comments on Thami Mnyele's exhibition, which was held at the Gaborone Museum. Critical artistic reflection is included in this issue through reviews of the art of Thami Mnyele, Maselwa Malatji, Bachana Mokwena and Dennis Brutus. Like all Medu Newsletters, this includes exciting poetry by Mongane Serote and Keorapetse Kgositsile. Front page graphic by Heinz Klug on lithograph.
Medu Art Ensemble
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Thami Mnyele and Albio Gonzalez
Medu Art Ensemble
The courage of the youth ensures our victory
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Heinz Klug
Medu Art Ensemble
Africa shall be free: We shall free her
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Artists: Judy Seidman
Medu Art Ensemble
Special Edition 1981, No to the White Republic, Yes to the People's Republic, Part B
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The title of this Medu special edition is "No to the White Republic, Yes to the People's Republic". While PW Botha held celebrations for the anniversary of the Apartheid republic, Medu used this edition to say "Stop the Republic Day Festival". Bachana Mokwena's article on the 20th anniversary of the "bloodthirsty republic" gives a strong historical background to the processes of the republics formation, and the united opposition against it. Further, John Donne writes about Grigori Oganov's insight into the relationship between culture and resistance and between art, artists and their communities. Artworks by Thami Mnyele and Judy Seidman are included throughout the publication, including a sharp and graphic description of black life in South Africa entitled "Fragments: A Brief Comment on Black Lives in South Africa" by Thami Mnyele. Front page graphic by Judy Seidman and the Medu Art Collective.
Medu Art Ensemble