Book DescriptionSomewhere between realism and metaphor, humanity and bestiality, South Africa and the rest of the world, Jane Alexander's sculptures give shape to the brutal, painful, tragic, bizarre, incomprehensible, and fragile existence of her multicultural society--and, to a lesser extent, others Existing in a no-man's-land where оздлв the difference between victim and perpetrator is blurred and meaningless, her life-size figures, made from fiberglass, wood, clay, and found objects, sometimes dressed as people do, sometimes naked as people and animals are, are uncanny in their astonishing naturalism, a naturalism thwarted by bandages, animal masks, incomprehending animal eyes, and violent lacerations This is the first extensive publication dedicated to Alexander's work Essays by Akiko Miki and Simon Njami Foreword by Jürgen E Schrempp, Christoph Köpke, Sibusiso M E Bengu and Renate Wiehager Paperback, 7 75 x 10 25 in 136 pages, 64 color, 41 b/w illustrations.  Traitor2003 г 133 стр ISBN 3775711902.