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4 Cards in this Set
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Irma Stern - Pando Woman |
Subject: portrait of a pando woman Meaning: wanted to depicts culture over individuality Elements: warm red, yellow, brown contrasts w/ cooler backgrounds Influence: German expressionism Style/ technique: expressionistic/ oils |
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Walter Battis - Fisherman Drawing Nets |
Subject: group of Africans doing daily work Influence: San culture Elements: fauvist in the sense that there are bright contrasting colours Style: expressionistic/ oils Meaning: subject = interest in cultures other than his own |
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Jane Alexander - Butcher Boys |
Subject: 3 life size human figures with animal parts, naked, sitting on a bench Influence: unjust apartheid system Elements: faces distorted, flat snouts, cannot communicate with the voice of reason Style: the natural bodies combined with animal parts makes it surreal figures Meaning: the theme is the symbol relationship with the victim and the oppressor. A symbol of institutionalization violence |
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Jane Alexander - Bom Boys |
Subject: 9 life size small boys with animal masks on checked tiles Influence: street boys Elements: their pale grey tone renders them like ghost, the death of their childhood Style: natural bodied with animal masks created surreal figures Meaning: it is a frightening version of street children and their struggle for survival like stray animals |
