'August House is Dead, Long Live August House! The Story of a Johannesburg Atelier' (2017)

'August House is Dead, Long Live August House! The Story of a Johannesburg Atelier' (2017)From the publisher: "In the east end of the inner city of Johannesburg, a former textiles factory undergoes a dramatic transformation to become, over the next several years, one of the citys foremost artists studios. When the sale of the building seems imminent, not only must the artists face the daunting prospect of relocation, but a remarkable chapter in the complex narrative of contemporary South African art seems about to close. Sensing the

Digging beneath the myth of the 'Rainbow Nation'

critics and designers: Ford Madox Brown

Dion has constructed the laboratories

While the Harvest Rots includes contributions from Nolan Oswald Dennis

“Steven Cohen is a pioneering Johannesburg artist whose work provocatively confronts issues of identity

and the dynamics that deny those proponents of Afropessimism

the government declared District Six a white area under the Group Areas Act

Separated into seven chapters or 'acts'

organized and headed by composer/instrumentalist and educator David Boykin

Katarina Hedren

the narrative construction exists ‘in a vacuum’

a former Drum writer