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Ma Firewalker and Mr Typewriter-Head: Maps, Marx and Kentridge in Fire Walker: William Kentridge, Gerhard Marx, edited by Oliver Barstow and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen Fourthwall Books, 2011 In this essay from a book about The Firewalker, a Johannesburg scuplure by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, Mark looks at maps and public art in the city. |
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Edenvale In his new essay in the latest edition of Granta, Mark looks back at the lives of two older men from Soweto, and how they negotiated the double-jeopardy of being black and being gay in apartheid South Africa, from the perspective of his own same-sex marriage in February 2009. |
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Why
is Thabo Mbeki a ‘Nitemare’? The Joburg Salon, 2010 Inspired by a satirical play by Tsepo wa Mamatu, Mark Gevisser wonders whether blaming Thabo Mbeki for all that is wrong in South Africa isn't a politically expedient strategy to evade what should be acknowledged as a far broader communal culpability. The players, on and off the stage, suggest that Mbeki's legacy may be more complex and more important than much contemporary public discussion suggests. |
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| Under Covers, Out in the Open: Nicholas Hlobo and Umtshotsho Nicholas Hlobo: Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2009 editor: Sophie Perryer Cape Town: Michael Stevenson, 2009 [PDF] In this essay on Nicholas Hlobo from the catalogue of his exhibition Umtshotsho, Mark Gevisser looks at how the artist's work is rooted in his understanding of his sexuality. |
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| Inheritance Beautiful Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics editor: Sarah Nuttall Duke, 2006 [PDF] Read Mark Gevisser’s essay about photographs, race and sexuality in apartheid South Africa. Buy this book |
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| From
the Ruins: The Constitution Hill Project Public Culture, 2004 [PDF] Mark Gevisser in conversation with Sarah Nuttall on his work at Constitution Hill. |
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| Mandela's Stepchildren: Homosexual Identity
in Post-Apartheid South Africa Different Rainbows, Editor: Peter Drucker Gay Men's Press, 2000 [PDF] |
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