Extra #35

Exhibited

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Extra, 8 February to 5 April 2012, another example from the edition exhibited.

Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Extra, 25 April to 22 July 2012, another example from the edition exhibited.

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Inventory: New Works and Conversations around African Art, 16 January to 13 March 2016 another example from the edition exhibited.

Notes

The present lot forms part of a series of photographs created on the set of the popular South African soap opera, Generations. The programme seeks to depict the country's emerging black middle class against the backdrop of a media company. The cast has no major white characters, and much of the script is delivered in Nguni languages.

The shoot for this work took place over a two-week period, during which Breitz inserted herself, sometimes awkwardly and absurdly, into a number of scenes; the cast was instructed to ignore the artist's presence as much as possible. Each scene was first shot for broadcast purposes and then repeated for an extra take in which the artist was present. Through her absurd positioning within the scene, the artist created an uncomfortably amusing dialogue, raising questions about what it means to be white in the context of post-apartheid South Africa.¹

^1.KOW (2011) KOW, Extra, 2011, online, accessed 12 August 2026.