Karen von Veh | University of Johannesburg, South Africa (original) (raw)

Title of PhD Thesis:
Transgressive Christian Imagery in Post-apartheid South African Art.

Research interests:
Gender Studies, Contemporary Art, Religious Imagery.

Publications:

2010. A New Curator for an Old Collection: Karen von Veh talks to Bongani Mkhonza. In De Arte 81.

2010. Faith or expediency / religion or art?: A consideration of Wim Botha’s transgressive religious images.” In F. Rankin-Smith (ed.) Figuring Faith. Johannesburg: WITS University Press (in Press).

2009. Interdisciplinary Teaching: Can one size really fit all?” In Image and Text. 2009.

2009. Saints and Sinners: Re-Evaluating gendered power bases entrenched by religious imagery. In A.A. du Preez (ed.) Taking a Hard Look: Gender and Visual Culture. Newcastle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 47-70

2009. The MTN Art Collection: Is a ‘working collection’ a good investment?” De Arte 79, September 2009, pp. 41-48.

2009. Black Madonnas and Other Alternatives: an investigation of the goddess tradition in Majak Bredell’s art. In Majak Bredell: 2 Exhibitions. Catalogue. Pp. 4-7.

2009. Wim Botha’s use of ‘Post-Christian’ imagery to investigate an ‘ontology of the present’. In Proceedings of Past the Last Post: The posts in (South) Africa. The 24th Annual Conference of the South African Visual Arts Historians, published by Stellenbosch University, 2008.

2008 Taxi 013 Diane Victor. Johannesburg: David Krut Publishers

2008. Saints and Sinners: Re-evaluating gendered power bases entrenched by religious imagery. In Proceedings of Taking a Hard Look: Gender and Visual Culture. A conference hosted by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Pretoria. 20-21 June 2007. http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID
=6704&sub=1&parentid=1707&subid=1734&ipklookid=9

2007. Considerations on the Sasol Wax Art Awards. In De Arte 75, September 2007, pp.64-72

2007. Transformations of Religious Icons in the work of Diane Victor.” Proceedings of Transformation/s in Visual Culture. The 22nd Annual Conference of the South African Association of Visual Arts Historians, Published by VUT 2007 pp: 179-188.

2006. Is there a place for Feminism in contemporary South African Art?” In De Arte, No.73, 2006, pp.28-42.

2005. Found Wood: South African ecological furniture design as seen in the work of Philip Oosthuizen. In Image and Text. No. 11, 2005. pp. 3-10.

2005. Images of Alienation in the work of Minnette Vari. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the South African Association of Visual Arts Historians. Rhodes University, pp.194-200.

2005. Feminism in South African Art: Ambivalence or Negation? In New Departures: Recent Developments in Art and Architectural Research. Proceedings of the 20th Annual SAVAH Conference. University of Natal. 23-25 September 2004.

2004. Corpa Delicata and the Politics of the Body: Leora Farber’s Latest Works. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Art and Architectural Historians. Stellenbosch University: US Museum Stellenbosch. pp. 127-131

2003. Corpa Delicata and Beyond: Leora Farber and the Politics of the Body. In, De Arte, No.67, April 2003, pp. 22-46.

2001. Identity (de)constructed in the work of Leora Farber. In De Arte, No. 63, April 2001, pp.5-25.

2001. Reviewew on Kemp,M.(Ed.) The Oxford History of Western Art. 2000. In De Arte, No. 63, April 2001, pp.113-116.

2000. Flayed Flesh: The Scientific Body as Art in Leora Farber’s Instrumental Exhibition. In Art: Spaces and Contexts of Display. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Art Historians. Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2000, pp.103-111.

1999. Stunt Girl Stills: fragmentation and the female body in the work of Philippa Hobbs. In De Arte, No. 60, Sept. 1999, pp.3-19.

1999. From Monsters to Aliens: how difference is constructed throughout Western history. In Negotiating Identities: Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Art Historians. Pretoria: UNISA Press, 1999, pp. 134-137.

1995. Eugene Hon. In National Ceramics Quarterly, No. 34, Dec. 1995, pp.23-25.

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