Girl with beverage in glass
| CCAC #: | 0467 |
| Artwork title: | Girl with beverage in glass |
| Artist(s): |
Edward West |
| Year made: | c. 1999 |
| Artwork type: | Photography |
| Medium: | Colour Giclée print |
| Dimensions (mm): | 830 x 1030 |
| Artwork series: |
Casting Shadows: Images from a New South Africa (1999) |
| Source: | Unrecorded |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Current location: | On private display |
| Signage: | Inspired by Athol Fugard's play Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1972), West set out to depict the daily lives of South Africans between 1997–1999, portraying the shifting visibility of the Black community during this period of political and cultural change. As a US citizen of mixed race, he felt drawn to the liberated South Africa after apartheid. |
| Themes: |
Identity and representation Urbanisation Inner-city life Belonging Democratic South Africa Human Rights Johannesburg Archive and documentation Citizenship Memory and memorialisation |
| Constitutional links: |
Equality - constitutional value (section 1a, section 9) Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10) National Unity and Reconciliation (Interim Constitution of South Africa, chapter 16) No citizen may be deprived of citizenship (section 20) Freedom of movement and residence (section 21) |
| Related constitutional cases: |
S v Makwanyane & Another (1995) Joseph v City of Johannesburg (2010) |
Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT
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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.