Life

CCAC #: 0630
Artwork title: Life
Artist(s): William Zulu
Year made: 1996
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Linocut
Dimensions (mm): 421 x 299
Framed dimensions (in mm): 720 x 524 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: On a travelling exhibition
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:

The artist represents this most basic of human rights in an expressive print centred on a mother-and-child-group which, according to the artist, “symbolises the building block of any nation-family”, surrounded by representations of human diversity. Significantly, the artist emphasised that “the right to life even extends to our natural heritage”, represented by the growing plants along the sides.

Themes: Human Rights Day
Constitutional links: Right to life (section 11)
Related constitutional cases: S v Makwanyane & Another (1995)

CCAC 436570

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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