The !Xun & Khwe Art Project
Nore, Tomsen / Morris, David / Kaufmann, Carol / Ruhrberg, Bettina / Rabbethge-Schiller, Hella / Rabbethge-Schiller, Hella
The !Xun & Khwe Art Project was developed in 1993 in a refugee camp in Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. After being party to the struggles for liberation from colonial rule, endangered groups of San people from Namibia and Angola were relocated there. They eventually found their final home in the self-governing South African community of Platfontein. The art of the !Xun and Khwe came about during the short period of transition from a traditional w...