Lobby Books:
New Arrivals: An exciting collection of rare and out-of-print South African art, photography and history books from Clarke’s Bookshop
Our partners from Clarke’s Bookshop have just delivered a box full of wonderful second-hand books, including:
House of Bondage by Ernest Cole
Sof’town Blues – Images From the Black ‘50s by Jürgen Schadeberg
Art of the South African Townships by Gavin Younge
Lifetimes Under Apartheid by Nadine Gordimer and David Goldblatt
Christo Coetzee – Paintings From London and Paris 1954-1964 by Michael Stevenson and Deon Viljoen
Paradise – The Journals and Letters (1917-1933) of Irma Stern edited by Neville Dubow
Sekoto by Barbara Lindop
Sibusiso Mbhele and His Fish Helicopter by Koto Bolofo
New Arrival: Touch – Stories of Contact edited by Karina Magdalena Szczurek
Twenty-two of South Africa’s top storytellers come together in this collection to explore the sensual, emotional and unexpected connotations of the theme of touch. Most of the stories revolve around relationships – between lovers, spouses, parents and children, and some involve more unusual relationships such as between a jailer and a prisoner, a house owner and a secret squatter, and a con artist and his victim. Reading through this anthology of stories is similar to settling down with a box of assorted chocolates. Some are consumed in quick succession so the flavours get mixed together, and some stand out and are savoured slowly so that they are better appreciated. Contributors include Andre Brink, Imraan Coovadia, Damon Galgut, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Johnny Steinberg, Nadine Gordimer and Lauren Beukes.
New Arrival: The Development Dictionary – A Guide to Knowledge as Power edited by Wolfgang Sachs
In this pioneering collection, some of the world’s most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people’s minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. These essays are an invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.
New Arrival: South African Art Now by Sue Williamson
A richly illustrated collection combining moving history with stunning contemporary art, South African Art Now is the first book to document the role of art and artists in the evolution of today's post-apartheid South Africa. Artist and author Sue Williamson explores five decades of South African art, from early political art in the 1960s to the thought-provoking works that grabbed the international art market’s interest a generation later. Featuring the work of 90 artists and more than 500 color images, and with an insightful foreword from Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, South African Art Now is a valuable resource for collectors, curators, and contemporary art enthusiasts. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success.
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