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1	An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists Greyvenstein, Lisa 22 August 2013 (has links) This research investigates the Neo-Baroque aesthetic of excess in contemporary South African art, and explores reasons for the emergence of this style. It investigates artists who use their bodies as a site of resistance, to contest or reconstruct the dominant social values which establish differences between bodies to place them within the marginal position of ‘Other’. This investigation relates to post-colonial concerns. The artists’ exploitation of the Neo-Baroque aesthetic of excess as a comment on social concerns reveals a sense of crisis within South African society, similar to the conditions from which the seventeenth century Baroque style evolved. Neo-Baroque aesthetics of excess manifest in a variety of ways, and are particularly evident when artists transgress social boundaries placed on the body through abject and erotic associations. Excess ultimately arises from complexity, as hybrid art forms are created from the combination of media and content found within the art work. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Visual Arts / unrestricted Body politics Baroque Abject Minette Vari Spectacle Rose Tracey Post-colonialism Other Neo-baroque New media Nandipha Mntambo Hybird Nicholas Hlobo Leora Faber Excess Eroticism Cultural resistance Contemporary south african art Steven Cohen UCTD

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An investigation of excess as symptomatic of Neo-Baroque identified in the work of selected South African artists