Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power

by Fowler Museum at UCLA and Erica P. Jones

A contemporary African artist's call for democracy

Botswana-born Meleko Mokgosi is an emerging contemporary artist whose large-scale figurative paintings are garnering growing accolades and attention worldwide. In all his work, Mokgosi emphasizes narrative storytelling. This approach inspires the viewer to think deeply about the politics, power structures, and role of history in the creation of independent nations of southern Africa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099076267X
• ISBN13: 9780990762676
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 12.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher