Shooting

CCAC #: 0500
Artwork title: Shooting
Artist(s): Greg Marinovich
Year made: 1992
Artwork type: Photography
Medium: Photograph
Dimensions (mm): 460 x 600
Framed dimensions (in mm): 560 x 700
Edition: 3/5
Artwork series: Dead Zone
Source: Donated by the Dippenaar Family Trust, with the artist, in 2018
Year acquired: 2018
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Signage:

South African President and National Party leader, FW de Klerk, visited the scene of the Boipatong massacre four days after it occurred. He was greeted with signs accusing him of being a killer. After he left, the cops opened fire at point-blank range.

Themes: Bill of Rights
Human Rights Day
Political Violence and Intimidation
Constitutional links: Right to life (section 11)
Freedom and security of the person (section 12)
Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10)
Right to freedom of association (section 18)
Political rights (section 19)
Related constitutional cases: S v Makwanyane & Another (1995)

CCAC 437368

Photographer: Greg Marinovich
Photo copyright: Greg Marinovich

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