Citizenship

CCAC #:	0626
Artwork title:	Citizenship
Artist(s):	Azaria Mbatha
Year made:	1996
Artwork type:	Paper
Medium:	Linocut
Dimensions (mm):	328 x 480
Framed dimensions (in mm):	524 x 720 x 40
Edition:	44/50
Artwork series:	Images of Human Rights print portfolio
Source:	Donated by the Artists for Human Rights Trust
Year acquired:	2021
Installation type:	Movable artwork
Current location:	In storage
Exhibitions:	A LUTA CONTINUA: Reflecting on 30 years of democracy through the CCAC - National Arts Festival, Makhanda - 20 to 30 June 2024 A LUTA CONTINUA: Reflecting on 30 years of democracy through the CCAC - William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley - 1 August to 7 September 2024 A LUTA CONTINUA: Reflecting on 30 years of democracy through the CCAC - KZNSA Gallery, Durban - 27 September - 10 November 2024
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.
Themes:	Human Rights Day
Constitutional links:	No citizen may be deprived of citizenship (section 20)

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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