Buy the full set of TAXI Art Books, an important collectible for any library on South African art for R4000.
The first major series of monographs on contemporary South African artists by a South African publisher, the TAXI Art Books have become an invaluable resource to educators and individuals both in South Africa and abroad. As examples of [...]

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Author: Various, English, with certain containing French and Dutch elements, Monograph, ISBN: Various,
Price: (ZA)R 4000

NOW AVAILABLE TAXI-014 Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi

Mmakgabo  Sebidi traverses mental and physical landscapes with an eye trained on the dangerous, the discomfiting, the traumatic and the ecstatic in human experience. She is deeply grounded in her rural upbringing and traditions but also finely attuned to the rhythms of the city in which she has [...]

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Author: Juliette Leeb-du Toit, English, Monograph, Softcover, 270x210mm, 96pp, full colour, ISBN: 9780981418872,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

The tension generated by Diane Victor’s impressive body of drawings and prints arises not simply from her biting social commentary and the sometimes macabre nature of her images and narratives, but from an interplay between the tough and the fragile, between the hard edges of her visual narratives and the delicate mark-making and fragility of her preferred media.

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Author: Karen von Veh and, English, Monograph, Softcover, 230x195mm, 180pp, ISBN: 9780958497589,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

TAXI-012 SANDILE ZULU, the 12th title in the TAXI Art series, is the first book on the work of Sandile Zulu. Over the last decade, Zulu has developed a working method that relies as much on rhythm and repetition as it does on the unpredictability of the elements – fire, water, found objects – he uses. He is, as Colin Richards notes in his meticulously researched essay, a pyromancer, a collector of natural elements, and a scavenger after industrial debris.

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Author: Colin Richards, English, Monograph , Softcover, 270x210mm, 96pp, full colour, ISBN: 9780958468879,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

Willem Boshoff possesses the instincts of the collector, the playfulness of the prankster, and the attention to detail of the scientist. His knowledge of wood and plant species (he is a self-taught and highly regarded dendrologist) is an extension of a long-held fascination with words and language, with encryption, secret writing, taxonomies, and codes.

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Author: Ivan Vladislavic, English, Monograph , Softcover, 128 Pages, Full colour, 27.6 x 22 cm, ISBN: 0-9584860-1-8,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

Deborah Bell is a leading Johannesburg painter and sculptor whose work is created in dialogue with multiple worlds, texts, histories and consciousnesses. She is also widely known for her collaborative projects with William Kentridge and Robert Hodgins. Bell’s drawings, etchings and monumental clay sculptures possess a kind of ‘mystical godliness’

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Author: Pippa Stein, English, Monograph, Softcover, 96 Pages, Full colour, 27.6x22cm, ISBN: 0-9584688-2-6,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

Kagiso Pat Mautloa is an essentially urban artist. Based in Johannesburg, he draws his inspiration from the street culture, the dynamics of the changing city and the images and people he encounters there.

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Author: Andries Oliphant, English, Monograph, Softcover, 96 Pages, Full colour, 27.6x22cm, ISBN: 0-9584496-7-8,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

Steven Cohen is a pioneering artist whose work provocatively confronts issues of identity. Best known for his live performances, Cohen appears not only on stage and in galleries but also, uninvited, in public spaces. His work deals with

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Author: Shaun De Waal, Robyn Sassen, English, Monograph , Softcover, 96 Pages, Full colour, 27.6x22cm, ISBN: 0-9584496-9-4,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE FULL SET OF TAXI ART BOOKS.
Noria Mabasa is an artist based in Limpopo province, north of Johannesburg. She is a sculptor of large woodcarvings and figurative ceramic work who first came to prominence in the urban art scene in the mid 1980s. Her extraordinary sculptures, inspired [...]

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Author: Kathryn Straughan, Rayda Becker, English, Monograph , Softcover, 96 Pages, Full colour, 27.6x22cm, ISBN: 0-9584496-5-1,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00

Artist, writer, arts administrator and curator David Koloane has established a reputation both locally and internationally. His paintings and graphics have been featured in major collections and exhibitions worldwide. His work reflects

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Author: Veronique Tadjo, English, Monograph, Softcover, 96 Pages, 27.6x22cm, ISBN: 0 958 44962 7,
Price: (ZA)R 150.00