Samuele Makoanyane: Reconsidering Ceramics Technology and Connoisseurship in Early Modern Southern African Ceramics

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Wendy Gers
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Abstract This article explores ceramics production in the Modern period in South Africa and Lesotho via a contemporary reinterpretation of the oeuvre of the pioneer Mosotho sculptor Samuele Makoanyane (1909–1944). The research methodology includes a critical examination of images of works by Makoanyane in South African public collections, a literature survey of Modern South African and African ceramic sculptural traditions, as well as a detailed scrutiny of two key texts. The first is a booklet by Makoanyane’s agent, C. G. Damant. The second is a report by the artist, curator, teacher, and development consultant Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz. A critical examination of these texts and images is synthesised with my knowledge of ceramics technology, production techniques, and professional studio practices. The resultant article opens up a new framework for understanding Makoanyane’s oeuvre, and aims to engage with Modernist tropes and historiographies concerning connoisseurship via three hypotheses. The hypotheses centre around the operation of a professional workshop in which assistants were employed and serial reproduction technology was used. These hypotheses open up new possibilities for understanding and re-evaluating the oeuvre of Makoanyane and other similarly neglected early Modern artists. They are a means to augmenting and enriching knowledge of art, craft, and design history in South Africa, and beyond.
Samuele Makoanyane:对早期现代南部非洲陶瓷技术和鉴赏力的重新思考
摘要本文通过对莫索托先驱雕塑家Samuele Makoanyane(1909-1944)作品的当代重新诠释,探讨了南非和莱索托现代陶瓷生产。研究方法包括对南非公共收藏中Makoanyane作品的图像进行批判性审查,对现代南非和非洲陶瓷雕塑传统进行文献调查,以及对两个关键文本进行详细审查。第一本是Makoanyane的经纪人C.G.Damant的小册子。第二份是艺术家、策展人、教师和发展顾问赫伯特·弗拉迪米尔·梅耶洛维茨的报告。对这些文本和图像的批判性检查是结合我对陶瓷技术、生产技术和专业工作室实践的知识进行的。由此产生的文章为理解Makoanyane的作品开辟了一个新的框架,并旨在通过三个假设与现代主义的比喻和关于鉴赏家的历史记录相结合。这些假设围绕着一个专业研讨会的运作展开,在该研讨会上雇佣了助理,并使用了连续复制技术。这些假设为理解和重新评估Makoanyane和其他同样被忽视的早期现代艺术家的作品开辟了新的可能性。它们是增加和丰富南非及其他地区艺术、工艺和设计史知识的一种手段。
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