Andries Johannes Botha
For Those Taken Darkly, Maquette
About this Item
South African 1952-
For Those Taken Darkly, Maquette
signed and dated 11/1992
bronze with a verdigris patina
height: 26,5cm; width: 71cm; depth: 50cm
Notes
"This maquette serves as a precursor to a larger bronze commission for the Johannesburg Art Gallery. The work explores the ideological construction and manipulation of traditional masculinity, highlighting how agency and authority are socially and culturally imposed as norms. It alludes to the pervasive, yet often overlooked, mythic and spiritual dimensions of the masculine/feminine binary."-Andries Johannes Botha, 2025
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the current owner.
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