Jane Alexander: Resistance Art - YouTube
WEBJane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's...
Jane Alexander (artist) - Wikipedia
WEBIn the late 1970s, art had to choose to focus on form over content or combating apartheid through art. From 1985 to 1989 – during States of Emergency – white artists like Alexander had greater liberties to challenge apartheid and bring awareness to the rest of the world through their art.
Resistance art - Contemporary African Art
WEBMany protest artists began to develop very specific and unique styles: Robert Hodgins, Norman Catherine, Helen Sibidi, William Kentridge, Penny Siopis, Jane Alexander, Willie Bester and Sue Williamson.
Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys - Smarthistory
WEBIn 1985, the same year Alexander created Butcher Boys, South Africa was consumed by violent and non-violent resistance to apartheid. This was followed by a state of emergency (the second) issued by the National Party and state-sanctioned violence.
Who is Jane Alexander? - Tate
WEBMore recent work has referred to the aftermath of apartheid and global analogies in relation to migration, political and cultural conflict and resistance displayed as tableaux and site-specific installation.
Jane Alexander - South African History Online
WEBJane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing in tableaux and installations, and for her photomontages. Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence.
5.2: Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys - Humanities LibreTexts
WEBDec 24, 2022 · South African artist Jane Alexander created the life-sized sculpture, titled Butcher Boys, in 1985/86 while a graduate student at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The figures are composed of reinforced plaster, animal bones, horns, oil paint, and the wooden bench on which they sit.
Jane Alexander born 1959 - Tate
WEBShe is a female artist best known for her sculpture, The Butcher Boys. She works in sculpture, photomontages, photography and video. Alexander is interested in human behavior, conflicts in history, cultural memories of abuse and the lack of global interference during apartheid.
The Contemporaries: Jane Alexander - ArtThrob
WEBSep 5, 2016 · Jane Alexander’s work has been showcased in numerous exhibitions, collections and biennales around the world including Africa Africa, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, curated by Toshio Shimizu (1998); South Meets West, National Museum, Accra curated by Bernard Fibicher (1999); The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945 ...
Jane Alexander - Adventuring into Art South African Art
WEBJane Alexander (1959-) Butcher Boys (detail), 1998, fibreglass sculptures, found clothing, oil paint, wood, synthetic clay and fibreboard squares. Iziko South African National Gallery.