Sanity Loses its Head
| CCAC #: | 0465 |
| Artwork title: | Sanity Loses its Head |
| Artist(s): |
Michael Meyersfeld |
| Year made: | 2014 |
| Artwork type: | Photography |
| Medium: | Platinum / palladium print |
| Framed dimensions (in mm): | 650 x 845 |
| Edition: | 5/12 |
| Source: | Donated by the artist |
| Year acquired: | 2017 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Current location: | On private display |
| Signage: | The horrors and injustice of the apartheid system are addressed in light of the artist’s visit to Number Four, a prison block adjacent to the Constitutional Court. This staged work speaks about the madness that was apartheid. |
| Themes: |
Collective memory of apartheid-era trauma Political violence and intimidation State violence Anti-apartheid Art as social practice Human Rights Intergenerational trauma Johannesburg Memory and memorialisation Photojournalism Prisons |
| Constitutional links: |
Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10) Freedom and security of the person (section 12) Freedom of expression (section 16) Access to courts (section 34) No one may be subjected to slavery, servitude or forced labour (section 13) |
| Related constitutional cases: |
S v Makwanyane & Another (1995) Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and Others (2002) |
Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team
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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.
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.