Migrant Family Life in South Africa
| CCAC #: | 0608 |
| Artwork title: | Migrant Family Life in South Africa |
| Artist(s): |
Nhlanhla Xaba |
| Year made: | 1996 |
| Artwork type: | Paper |
| Medium: | Linocut on paper |
| Dimensions (mm): | 452 x 304 |
| Framed dimensions (in mm): | 720 x 525 x 40 |
| Edition: | 44/50 |
| Artwork series: |
Images of Human Rights print portfolio |
| Source: | Donated by the Artists for Human Rights Trust in 2021 |
| Year acquired: | 2021 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Location area: | On a travelling exhibition |
| Signage: | In imagining what the right to privacy means and how it intersects with other rights, the artist explores the difficulties of overcrowded accommodation in South Africa, the lived reality for many people both during apartheid and today. Seen here, a couple shares bunk beds in a small room with another couple and their child. Disturbed in their sleep, they look at an uninvited spectator in the middle of the night. |
| Themes: |
Human Rights Day Bill of Rights |
| Constitutional links: |
Right to privacy (section 14) |
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.