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The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”

Cilt: 1 Sayı: 25 31 Mayıs 2022
  • Ceyda Oskay
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The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”

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This article traces the South African National Gallery’s (SANG) journey through social transformation in South Africa. As South Africa transformed from pre-colonization, colonization and apartheid, to a post-apartheid state, this state art museum itself transformed, sometimes parallel to these changes, sometimes earlier. The museum was established as a colonial structure, but went through a process of transformation. As a national museum, it represented the state by default. Through several processes and curatorial championship such as Heritage Day, inheriting artwork from the Ethnographic Museum, and various socially-engaged projects, inclusion of black South African curators, the museum managed to transform itself into a more democratic institution. This is significant when studying museology, social transformations, postcoloniality, ideas of a white-wall white cube art museum, “primitive” art, and other fields as it touches upon and affects each of them and shows how these concepts can be better understood by studying their relation to one another, especially in the context of South Africa.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Nisan 2022

Kabul Tarihi

9 Mayıs 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 25

Kaynak Göster

APA
Oskay, C. (2022). The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, 1(25), 139-146. https://doi.org/10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780
AMA
1.Oskay C. The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler. 2022;1(25):139-146. doi:10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780
Chicago
Oskay, Ceyda. 2022. “The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the ‘White Cube’”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 1 (25): 139-46. https://doi.org/10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780.
EndNote
Oskay C (01 Mayıs 2022) The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 1 25 139–146.
IEEE
[1]C. Oskay, “The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the ‘White Cube’”, MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, c. 1, sy 25, ss. 139–146, May. 2022, doi: 10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780.
ISNAD
Oskay, Ceyda. “The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the ‘White Cube’”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 1/25 (01 Mayıs 2022): 139-146. https://doi.org/10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780.
JAMA
1.Oskay C. The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler. 2022;1:139–146.
MLA
Oskay, Ceyda. “The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the ‘White Cube’”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, c. 1, sy 25, Mayıs 2022, ss. 139-46, doi:10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780.
Vancouver
1.Ceyda Oskay. The South African National Gallery’s (SANG) Role in Social Change – Altering the “White Cube”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler. 01 Mayıs 2022;1(25):139-46. doi:10.56074/msgsusbd.1123780