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Finest - Munisipale store, Richmond

2016 Competition entry

Johannes Botma

Details:
Not Signed
Photograph
56.5 cm x 42.1 cm

Description:

This work depicts the remnants of the municipal storehouse at Richmond in the Northern Cape. This storehouse was abandoned in 2013, the roof was quickly stripped off and the walls collapsed soon after, leaving only the stored toilets standing like blooming flowers in the middle of the rubble with the striking white of the porcelain immediately drawing the viewer's attention.

The work aims to show the political “growth” in South Africa in a joking fashion, while still delivering a very serious message.