City of Gold
Friday, July 21, 2006
As an addendum to the news that Ruth won Absa, everyone might also be interested to know that the young student Nomusa Mary Makhuba won the Best Black Artist (I mean Gerard Sekoto) prize worth about R80 000 for her photography piece, Fragments (no, really). It seems that it's only ok to award edgy, contemporary, irreverent work when it's made by an edgy, irreverent white artist...
posted by Josephine Scarlet at 5:04 PM
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I liked Ruth's work on the Kebble, the consolation cups, and I liked her skywriting " Don't Panic. Haven't seen this "Fragments" . But too describe R's work as edgy,etc., is too much. It is merely , drearily, CONVENTIONAL, and that is I suspect what they were rewarding. Like, let's award the prizy too somethingEdgey this year.
I have too believe - my drowning straw - that anyone associated with these awards wouldn't recognise an EDGEY if it slunk up and bit them on the nipple...
and ruth won best whitey award right?
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whats the picture of?
i think its a bit much asking ruth to pose with that wierd looking baby..........
is that a young brett kebble on her left?
freedom fighters separated at birth? bring on the Conceptual Art Revolution...hey if you hijack a plane ruth you can sky write to your hearts desire!
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