Citizenship
| CCAC #: | 0351 |
| Artwork title: | Citizenship |
| Artist(s): |
Azaria Mbatha |
| Year made: | 1996 |
| Artwork type: | Paper |
| Medium: | Linocut on paper |
| Framed dimensions (in mm): | 328 x 480 |
| Artwork series: |
Images of Human Rights print portfolio |
| Source: | A portfolio was given to Judge Albie Sachs when he opened the exhibition of the "Images of Human Rights " portfolio at the Durban Art Gallery on 10th December (International Human Rights Day) 1997. |
| Year acquired: | 1997 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Current location: | On private display |
| Signage: | For the artist, citizenship is the formal acknowledgment that we are all one, connected both to each other and to the land. We may deprive people of their citizenship if we exclude them from this global community by creating divisions and denying basic human rights. The artist’s image is filled with symbolic representations of the rights that, together, we all have the responsibility to work to respect and protect. |
| Constitutional links: |
No citizen may be deprived of citizenship (section 20) |
Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
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.