Art Movements and the Discourse of Acknowledgements and Distinctions, by Themba Tsotsi

Abstract

Art Movements and the Discourse of Acknowledgements and Distinctions by Themba Tsotsi is a highly theoretical and complex read and yet somewhat of a landmark when considering the vast terrain covered, which is done quite exhaustively in twelve chapters. While the book overtly engages with visual culture, it ironically has no images. The ideas espoused by this individually authored text are synonymous with postmodernism, but more pertinently, with notions such as psychoanalysis and critical theory. Throughout this ambitious manuscript, Tsotsi draws from the likes of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Stuart Hall, Julia Kristeva, JeanFranÇois Lyotard, and Achille Mbembe to name a few.