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Question 4 -Resistance Art (Jane Alexander (Butcher Boys (Aim - Her works…
Question 4 -Resistance Art
Jane Alexander
Butcher Boys
Aim - Her works refer to no specific case - only the tale that is told in the spectators mind. Aim of her work is to force questions regarding roles that were being played by the spectators
Social issues - Racism, sexism, and colonialism
Expresses - Anguish over violence committed during apartheid
Theme - banality of evil: whites dont even recognize themselves for the monsters they are
Style - realism
What we see - Skin is ghostly white, monster heads and heart surgery scars suggest they are heartless
Medium - sculptures and installations. Life size (plaster and air-drying clay)
What we see - Their seated position shows passiveness and it is like they are waiting for something
3 men/beasts sitting on a bench waiting for something, these men have human bodies with beast faces and horns, they have heart surgery scars suggesting they are heartless
What we see - They are personifications of the appalling violence, civil war, police brutality, child detentions, burning and looting of SA
Manfred Zylla
Bullets and sweets
Meaning - desire of SA defense force to be loved by township children in spite of the army's usually monstrous behaviour towards them
Zylla criticised apartheid in this work by showing the atrocities experienced by people living under the effects of Apartheid
Right panel dominated by a soldier with a half-smile on his face. He has a huge presence, he looks down thee barrel of his gun row of bullets come from his crotch in his bag a cape dutch homestead and a sausage fork reference to his heritage. Shoot sweets at the feet of township children
Children in the left hand panel are terrified by the presence of the soldier and are ignoring the sweets
Pencil and watercolour
Shielding themselves against anticipated blows
Army vehicles are seen top right
The soldier in this work portrays a sense of detachment vs the expressive faces of the children
Monochromatic tones
Distorted viewpoint
Penny Siopis
Patience on a monument
Style - history still life painting
Subject matter - Monumental black women, classically draped with one breast revealed. She sits on a pile of waste and garbage from Western civilization
Medium - oil and collage
Contemporary art
Theme - history painting
Contains symbols of death, or change as a reminder of inevitability
Feminism - she is conscious of being a women and explores the position of women in her work
Theme - These artworks include black women who were the victims of the documented heroes, sold into slavery by the adventurers, killed or raped by the soldiers, exploited by the colonial authorities
Her handbag shows her feminism
The background shows a collage of photocopied schoolbook illustrations showing the traumatic conflict over land
Willie Bester
Tribute to Chris Hani
Technique - collected objects are often collected on a scene of conflict
Uses newspaper photographs and articles in his work
Technique - Traditional painting methods on unusual surfaces and objects
Theme - apartheid
Later work - Those who outlived apartheid
Theme - tackled the group areas act and the militarised and violent character of South African life stemming from apartheid
Early work - township life - those who lived under the apartheid regime
The reminder of violence is resurrected by the patchwork of materials, and photographs
His work - Bring intense, clear messages and commentaries on social and political issues
He uses trash to integrate elements into his works that summon the corrupt and violent world of dividend society
Motto - one should not forget the past, but rather continuously commemorate its existence as an ongoing force
Red colour behind his portrait shows Hani's socialist beliefs
Medium - mixed media
Bester celebrates Hani's achievements and criticised the violence in the South African society
Centre image of Chris Hani, who was assasinated with newspaper articles and photographs, on the left his murderer is shown, burnt state of the wood of the central panel, bicycle tire, AK-47, overlaid by a dove, a guitar, etc. around him