In the 1930s, two women artists, Maggie Laubscher and Irma Stern, brought a different kind of subjective gaze to South African art by using the techniques and sensibilities of post-impressionism and expressionism. Their bold way with composition, and the assumption of highly personal point of view, rather scandalised those with old-fashioned concepts of acceptable art. Toni Morkel, the 'It Girl' of the avant-garde and Queen of Kisch celebrates the life of Irma Stern in this carefully crafted production. (image by Neo Ntsoma)
In the 1930s, two women artists, Maggie Laubscher and Irma Stern, brought a different kind of subjective gaze to South African art by using the techniques and sensibilities of post-impressionism and expressionism. Their bold way with composition, and the assumption of highly personal point of view, rather scandalised those with old-fashioned concepts of acceptable art. Toni Morkel, the 'It Girl' of the avant-garde and Queen of Kisch celebrates the life of Irma Stern in this carefully crafted production.
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