Paul Stopforth

Paul Stopforth is a white South African artist that now lives in the United States. His politically charged work was suppressed in his native country by the apartheid government and he left for the United States in 1988. He recently retired from his position as lecturer on visual and environmental studies and director of undergraduate studies at Harvard University, where he began teaching in 1996. Quotes You learn, if you're lucky, the chameleon art of adaptation, and how to modulate your laughter. You learn to use your lips properly. Henceforth you are at home nowhere, and by that token everywhere.' Breyten Breytenbach, ' The Exile as African." https://www.artprintsa.com/paul-stopforth.html The openness and generosity of America gave me permission to explore imaginative possibilities and subject matter that in South Africa would have been regarded as a betrayal of the struggle. https://www.sabcart.co.za/paul-stopforth/ I engage with history, with memory; I hover between two places, which is a way of forming insight. The things I found on the island embody the sacrifices made by the men and women who fought against Apartheid. https://sahistory.org.za/people/paul-stopforth External links Category:Living people Category:Artists from South Africa Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Immigrants to the United States