Category Archives: Visual Arts

IN 1992 AND IN 2012 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTWORKS DESTROYED – WHAT HAS CHANGED?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

If PM’s memory serves PM correctly, it was in 1992 that uniformed members of the right-wing group Afrikaner Weerstandbeweging (Afrikaans Resistance Movement) destroyed a ceramic sculpture depicting Eugene Terre’blanche that was on exhibition in the South Africa National Gallery (Now … Continue reading →

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SPEARING CULTURE WARS IN SOUTH AFRICA 2012– ZUMA AND MURRAY- ARTWORK VANDALISED

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

The phrase “culture wars” is derived from the German word Kulturkampf, which literally means “a struggle for the control of the culture.” A culture war (or culture wars) is a struggle between two sets of conflicting cultural values.  The Controversy … Continue reading →

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READING THE SPEAR BY BRETT MURRAY, DEPICTING JACOB ZUMA.

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

What is the artwork by Brett Murray called The Spear actually saying? For all those with a shallow or stunted visual literacy, Panga Management is not here to judge (not yet anyway) PM is here to help. The artwork, its … Continue reading →

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