Andrew Putter by Pascuas, Andres David

Andrew Putter

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Andrew Putter is a teacher and artist who left the art world in the mid-1990s after being involved in radical cultural groups such as the Suburbanists. Since his return in recent years, his work, which was created in the 1960s during apartheid, has been shown all over the world, including at the Venice Biennale and Havana Biennial, and focuses on re-imagining historical African-European contacts.

Secretly I Will Love You More, 2011

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"Secretly I Will Love You More," an artwork by Andrew Putter, explores the relationship between Maria de la Quellerie, the wife of Jan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch commander of the Cape of Good Hope, and Krotoa, a Khoi chief's daughter, in the context of early colonial history. Wearing a bonnet, de la Quellerie sings a soft lullaby to the sleeping Krotoa, demonstrating her profound love and admiration for the young girl in a scene that is evocative of a 17th-century painted picture. The lullaby's gentle click noises are meant to symbolize Nama, the last remaining Khoi language; the ancient quoiuoin language, which was spoken by Krotoa, has now vanished as a result of colonization. By questioning established histories, Putter's artwork seeks to provide a place for seeing the hidden utopian possibilities of the historical meeting between the Hottentots and the Dutch in the 1600s.

Mussai, Renée and Ruti Talmor. "Andrew Putter | Secretly I Will Love You More." Pitzer College Art Galleries, 19 Sept. - 5 Dec. 2013, https://www.pitzer.edu/glyphs/andrew-putter/.

Sketch Assembly, Hand on boob, 2010.

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Andrew Putter's 'Sketch Assembly' is an instructional program that helps aspiring artists translate ideas from paper to physical art. In her capacity as a facilitator, Putter enlists thirty young people with a range of artistic experiences. The award-winning art instructor adopts a supportive approach, allowing the pupils to take the lead in creating art. This collaborative approach offers a new take on the process of creating art by challenging conventional ideas about masterpieces, brilliance, and uniqueness. Beyond the complexity of well-known theorists like Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault, the project demonstrates Putter's teaching prowess and the talents of the participants, compellingly stating the nature of artistic collaboration.

Mussai, Renée and Ruti Talmor. "Andrew Putter | Secretly I Will Love You More." Pitzer College Art Galleries, 19 Sept. - 5 Dec. 2013, https://www.pitzer.edu/glyphs/andrew-putter/.

Siyasanga Bushula as 'An Mbira Player

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Putter's selection of models from racially segregated areas adds a layer of social commentary, emphasizing the beauty of 'tribal' or 'traditional' costume while avoiding reductionist assumptions about the sitters' everyday lives. The project involves a collaborative process with the models, acknowledging their agency in choosing their clothing for formal color portraits. Putter pays homage to Duggan-Cronin's desire to portray native South Africans as beautiful, challenging stereotypes prevalent in the colonial and apartheid eras.

Boucher, Hylton, et al. “Native Work: An Artwork by Andrew Putter Consisting of 38 Portrait Photographs.” Kronos, no. 38, 2012, pp. 249–61. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41940669. Accessed 17 Nov. 2023.

( image in JSTOR )