Doll's Head

CCAC #: 0501
Artwork title: Doll's Head
Artist(s): Greg Marinovich
Year made: 1992
Artwork type: Photography
Medium: Photograph
Dimensions (mm): 460 x 600
Framed dimensions (in mm): 560 x 700
Edition: 3/5
Artwork series: Dead Zone
Source: Donated by the Dippenaar Family Trust, with the artist, in 2018
Year acquired: 2018
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Signage:

A man holds a white doll’s head on a spear in the angry aftermath of the Boipatong Massacre of June 1992.

Themes: Marginalised Spaces
Fragility of Democracy
Political Violence and Intimidation
Human Rights
Bill of Rights
Constitutional links: Right to life (section 11)
Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10)
Right to freedom of association (section 18)
Political rights (section 19)
Related constitutional cases: S v Makwanyane & Another (1995)
Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security (2001)
Minister of Safety and Security v Van Duivenboden (2002)

CCAC 432074

Photographer: Greg Marinovich
Photo copyright: Greg Marinovich

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