Our South Africa Tapestries: Freedom
CCAC #: | 0644a |
Artwork title: | Our South Africa Tapestries: Freedom |
Organisation: |
Keiskamma Art Project |
Contributor(s): |
Zukiswa Zita Nomgcobo Nompunga Setyenzwa Mangwane Anelisa Nyongo Phumza Magoswana Ncomeka Gedze Siyabonga Maswana |
Year made: | 2022 |
Artwork type: | Textile |
Medium: | Handwoven fibre on calico |
Dimensions (mm): | 505 x 495 |
Framed dimensions (in mm): | 550 x 563 x 50 |
Artwork series: |
Keiskamma Our South Africa Tapestries |
Source: | Donated by the Keiskamma Art Project in 2022 |
Year acquired: | 2022 |
Installation type: | Movable artwork |
Location area: | On a travelling exhibition |
Signage: | The work is a visual exploration of one of the foundational values of our Constitution. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement, and this spirit of independence is illustrated through the three birds in flight. The difference in appearance of the birds alludes to our diversity and echoes the ideas that every citizen has the right to enter, to remain in and to reside anywhere in the Republic. |
Themes: |
Human Rights Day United in our diversity |
Constitutional links: |
Freedom of movement and residence (section 21) |
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Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT
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NOTE: The process of photographing artworks in the CCAC is underway - we are currently working to improve image quality and display on the CMS but have included internal reference photos for identification purposes in the interim.