The justice of visual art : creative state-building in times of political transition / Eliza Garnsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garnsey, Eliza, author.

Series:

Law in context

The Law in context series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Africa. Constitutional Court.

Law and art.

Transitional justice.

South Africa. Constitutional Court--Art collections.

South Africa.

Art museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In the aftermath of mass conflict how is it possible to address violent and traumatic pasts, reconcile divided nations, and strengthen state institutions? This study explores the connections between transitional justice and visual art in order to answer that question. Garnsey argues that art can engage and shape ideas of justice. Art can be an inquiry into, and an alternative experience of, justice. Art embeds justice on different political levels - both local and global. Art becomes a radical form of political participation in times of transition. Arising out of extensive fieldwork at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the South Africa Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which included 130 interviews with key decision makers, the book provides the first substantive theoretical framework for understanding transitional justice and visual art, and develops novel conceptions of visual jurisprudence and cultural diplomacy as forms of transitional justice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Oct 2019).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108637701

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.