Catalog for an exhibit January 30 - February 17, 1990 at SOHO 20 Gallery in New York City. The exhibit was curated by Janet Goldner in collaboration with South African artists. "South African Mail: Messages From Inside" presents approximately 400 unique postcard-sized works by more than 200 South African women of all races and circumstances. The works include paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, beadwork, collages both flat and dimensional, and written statements. In compliance with the cultural boycott, the exhibit seeks to promote the culture of liberation. It presents life circumstances of progressive women in South Africa and their hopes for a future democratic, nonracial...
Catalog for an exhibit January 30 - February 17, 1990 at SOHO 20 Gallery in New York City. The exhibit was curated by Janet Goldner in collaboration with South African artists. "South African Mail: Messages From Inside" presents approximately 400 unique postcard-sized works by more than 200 South African women of all races and circumstances. The works include paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, beadwork, collages both flat and dimensional, and written statements. In compliance with the cultural boycott, the exhibit seeks to promote the culture of liberation. It presents life circumstances of progressive women in South Africa and their hopes for a future democratic, nonracial South Africa. All contributors signed the pledge against apartheid that is printed inside the front cover. The catalog includes works by Arlene Amaler-Raviv, Marion Arnold, Lynda Moross Ballen, Gall Behrmann, Kathy Dennehy and Gaby Shapiro, Bongl Dhlomo, S.M. Kriel, Sanna Naidoo, Martha Ndhlela, Octavia Nkosl, Tal Raviv, Shelley Sacks, Helen Sebidi, Maryikl Sehode, Nimpa Sing, Penny Siopis, Jenny Stadler, Sue Williamson, Ellen Xaba, and Josie Grindrod. The exhibition Is part of the Women's Caucus for Art 1990 Conference, "Shifting Power," taking place in New York City, February 12-15. The catalogue is supported by Eve Stem; the exhibition is supported by the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid.
