Papa and Martha

CCAC #: 0040
Artwork title: Papa and Martha
Artist(s): Kami Brodie
Year made: 1992
Artwork type: Painting
Medium: Oil and acrylic on Canvas
Framed dimensions (in mm): 820 x 630
Source: Donated by Albie Sachs, purchased from the artist
Year acquired: 1998
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: On private display
Exhibitions:
Signage:

As a white child growing up in the apartheid era, the artist wanted to show respect to domestic carers who were oppressed due to their race, class and gender. Depicted here is the artist’s grandfather and his nurse in Sea Point, Cape Town.


CCAC 435750

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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