Murmures
ConCourt art shapes South African stories
février 2013 | Divers | Arts plastiques | Afrique du Sud
Source : Mail & Guardian
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The Constitutional Court has a growing collection of art, which was started by former judges Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro on a budget of R10 000.
Stacey Vorster rubs the head of Anton Van Wouw’s The Accused, which is mounted near the entrance of the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein.
It is a small bronze of a black man wearing a shirt with the sleeves cut off and a slightly frayed collar, his shoulders pushed back, his head held high and his chin up.
« It is about a man who was tried in a language he didn’t understand, and sentenced to death, » explains Vorster (…)
[Read Jenni Evans’s full article published in the Mail & Guardian]
Download Art & Justice, the art of the constitutional court of south africa by Ellen Papci
It is a small bronze of a black man wearing a shirt with the sleeves cut off and a slightly frayed collar, his shoulders pushed back, his head held high and his chin up.
« It is about a man who was tried in a language he didn’t understand, and sentenced to death, » explains Vorster (…)
[Read Jenni Evans’s full article published in the Mail & Guardian]
Download Art & Justice, the art of the constitutional court of south africa by Ellen Papci
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