Publications
2021:
Khan, S. ‘Thinking Through Black Feminist Creative Theorisation through the Postcolonial Masquerades of South African Visual Artists Mary Sibande and Senzeni Marasela’, in Marco, D. Willoughby-Herard, T. and Zegeye, A. (eds.) Sasinda Futhi Siselapha: Black Feminist Approaches to Cultural Studies in South Africa’s Twenty-Five years since 1994, Africa World Press
Khan, S. ‘A Sense of Belonging – Natasha Becker’s Black Feminist Radical Love Curatorial Practice and the Return of Communities’ in Richter, D and Reckitt, H. (eds). Feminist Curating Issue, OnCurating [online and print journal]
Khan, S. ‘Imagining an African Press’, in Camps, Y, Moritz Grünke, M.; Pascale Obolo, P.; Pichler, M.; Tabapsi, P. (eds). Decolonizing Art Book Fairs: Publishing Practices from the South(s), Berlin: Afrikadaa and Mosaïques [online and print journal]
Khan, S. ‘Unorthodox Autobiographies’ in Mabaso, N. and Mistry, J. (ed.) Decolonial Propositions, OnCurating, Issue 49 [online and print journal]
2020:
Khan, S. (ed.) Doing it for Daddy: Ten Years On… ,Johannesburg: Pole Pole Press [Symposium Proceedings]
Khan, S; Ntombela, N; Makhubu, N; Mdluli, S; Mabaso, N and Skeyi-Tutani; Z. ‘Curating as World-Making – An Art on our Mind Creative Dialogue with Sharlene Khan, Nontobeko Ntombela, Nomusa Makhubu, Same Mdluli, Nkule Mabaso, Zodwa Skeyi-Tutani’, Journal of African Cultural Studies, Issue (1)
Khan, S. ‘We-All-Fall-Down: Thinking Through Lines of Proximity and Ubuntu as Decolonizing Praxis in South African Museum Re-Presentations’, in Jang, S. (ed.) What Do Museums Change? Art and Democracy, Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, ISBN 978-89-6303-248-93600, pp 222-243
Khan, S. ‘When Love Chooses Us’, in Bettòlo, A. (ed.) Salon. pp.6-8, Italy: MuseGallery [print artist catalogue]
2018:
Khan, S and Asfour, F. ‘Whitespeak: How Race Works in South African Art Criticism Texts to Maintain the Arts as the Property of Whiteness’, Kraehe, A.M.; Gaztambide-Fernandez, R, Carpenter II, S.B. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Race and the Arts in Education, Cham: Palgrave McMillan/Springer International Publishing, pps:187-204 [print and digital book – ISBN: 978-3-319-65255-9, doi.org: 10.1007/978-3-319-65256-2]
Khan, S. ‘Thinking through, talking back: creative theorisation as sites of praxis-theory’, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, pp. Vol. 32:2. 1-10 [print and online]
Khan, S. ‘Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria by Chika-Okeke Agulu, 2015, Duke University Press’, Journal of Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Volume 4 (1), pps. 76-81 [print and online – doi: 10.1080/23277408.2018.1443622]
2017:
Khan, S. and Asfour, F. (eds.) I Make Art. Johannesburg: Sharlene Khan [print artist book – ISBN: 978-0-620-63754-1; Book launches: African Feminisms (Afems) Colloquium – Rhodes University, Makhanda, July 2017; Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation (NEST) Conference, Wits University, Johannesburg, March 2018
Khan, S. ‘When the moon waxes red’, in Gosine, A. (ed.) Small Axe: Caribbean Journal of Criticism. Vol 21, No.2:53, July [print and online]
Diallo, A.; Khan, S.; Jayawardena, M.N. and Sarr, F. ‘Teaching to Empower’, ContemporaryAnd: Platform for International Art from African Perspectives, Special: Documenta 14, Print Edition No.7 &, Berlin, pg. 16-18.
Khan, S. ‘Under the Influence… of ‘Covering Sarah: Exorcising the Trauma of Colonialism and Racism’. The Conversation [online]. March
2016:
Khan, S. ‘Highlights of 2016’. The Conversation [online]. November
Khan, S. ‘Under the Influence… of Berni Searle’s LULL’. The Conversation [online]. November
Khan, S. (2016). ‘Under the Influence…of Dumile Feni’s African Guernica’, The Conversation [online]. 7 September
Khan. S. and Pienaar, H. ‘The Removal of Art at UCT: Interview with Sharlene Khan’. Litnet [online]. 28 April
Khan, S. ‘Videokunst Forderpreis Bremen 2016: Eight Questions for Sharlene Khan’. Bremen: Kusthalle Bremen
2015:
Khan, S. ‘I Make Art – Voicing Voice, Speaking Self and Doing Criticality’, Reconstruction [Electronic], Vol. 15(1)
Khan, S. ‘Ecologies of the Visual, Economies of Profit’, exhibition catalogue for Indian artist Vibha Galhotra’s exhibition Absur-City-Pity-Dity at Jack Shainmain Gallery, New York, October 2015. [print exhibition catalogue]
Khan, S. 2015. Postcolonial Masquerading: A Critical Analysis of the Masquerading Strategies of South African Visual Artists Anton Kannemeyer, Tracey Rose, Senzeni Marasela, Nandipha Mntambo and Mary Sibande. Unpublished thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Goldsmiths, University of London. London
Khan, S. ‘Speaking Things into Being as if They Were: Visualising the Unseen in the Creative Practice of Odun Orimolade’ [unpublished article]
Khan, S. ‘Episodes of Happening: Eco-conceptualism in the Artwork of Vibha Galhotra’ [unpublished article]
2012:
Khan, S. ‘Who am I? Portrait of the life and art of Dumile Feni, Review of documentary Zwelidumile (dir. Ramadan Suleman)’, Imbizo: International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies, Vol. 3(1), pp. 100-105 [print]
Khan, S. ‘‘Mam-Winnie’: Representations of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in the visual artworks of Sue Williamson, Bongi Bengu and Senzeni Marasela’ [unpublished paper]
Khan, S. ‘Becoming – The Art of Everyday Performativity’ in Stemburger, C.M. (ed.) Alterating Conditions: Performing Performance Art in South Africa, exhibition catalogue, Vienna: artandtheory.net, pp. 16-24 [print exhibition catalogue]
Khan, S. ‘There He Built an Altar to the Lord and Called on the Name of the Lord’ in Bila, V. and Waller, M. (eds.) Authentic Woodcarver, Polokwane: Timbila and Polokwane Art Museum, pp. 33-49 [print book]
2011:
Khan, S. ‘Behind Gopal Jayaraman’, Gopal J. Website [online website]
Khan, S. ‘But What’s All Dis Here Talkin ‘Bout?’, Artthrob, March [online]
2010:
Khan, S. (ed.) What I look like, What I feel like. Johannesburg: Sharlene Khan [print artist book – ISBN: 978-0-620-46450-5]
2009:
Khan, S. ‘Olly Molly’, Ecofashion World Blog, [online] 27 May
Khan, S. ‘From the Earth to the Moon’, Ecofashion World Blog, [online] 14 April
Khan, S. ‘Gatekeeping Africa’, Springerin, Vienna, No. 1/2009, “Art on Demand” [print]
2007:
Khan, S. ‘Gatekeeping Africa’, Artlink, Vol 27 (2): June, Australia [print]
Khan, S. ‘Mokgabudi Amos Letsoalo’, Double 07, exhibition catalogue, Polokwane: Polokwane Art Museum [print exhibition catalogue]
2004:
Khan, S. ‘Curatorial Statement: Sharlene Khan’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell-Roberts Publishing: Cape Town, 13-14 [print book – ISBN: 1868-729-877)
Khan, S.‘Zama Dunywa’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell-Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 102-105
Khan, S.‘Rookeya Gardee’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell- Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 118-121
Khan, S.‘Gabisile Nkosi’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell- Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 278-281
Khan, S.‘Sophie Peters’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell-Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 286-289
Khan, S.‘Berni Searle’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell-Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 334-337
Khan, S.‘Usha Seejarim’, in Perryer, S. (ed.) 10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa, Bell-Roberts Publishing: Cape Town. 338-341
Khan, S. ‘The African Label’, Bidoun Magazine [print]
Khan, S. and Koloane, D. ‘Rethinking Identity’, The ID of South African Artists, exhibition catalogue, Van Den Ende: Holland [print exhibition catalogue]
Khan, S. (ed.) The ID of South African Artists, Van Den Ende: Holland [print exhibition book]
Khan, S. ‘Jug and Water’, Money Funnel. Claudia Shneider, Kunsterein Recklinghausen, Rupert Walser Gallery: Germany [print exhibition catalogue]