Safe as Housing

CCAC #: 0614
Artwork title: Safe as Housing
Artist(s): David John Yule
Year made: 1996
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Linocut
Dimensions (mm): 406 x 284
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
Location area: On a travelling exhibition
Signage:

The artist reflects the stability that a safe and comfortable home can provide, feeding into peoples’ lives and relationships. His narrative image features a young couple, intimately focussed on the baby that the woman is expecting, with fragmented forms suggesting a house built of solid masonry, equipped with electric light and running water. A picket fence denotes security while the window reveals peaceful surrounds.

Themes: Human Rights Day
Constitutional links: Housing rights (section 26)

CCAC 436660

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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