Brett Murray
Martyr
LOT 43
Brett Murray
Martyr
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ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
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Cape Town
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South African 1961-
Martyr
2006
signed, dated, numbered 1/5 and inscribed with the title on the reverse
aluminium and resin
height: 59,5cm; width: 55,5cm; depth: 2cm
Exhibited
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Sleep Sleep, 29 April to 20 May 2006, another example from the edition exhibited.
João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, Sleep Sleep, 16 August to 16 September 2006, another example from the edition exhibited.
Notes
Brett Murray's practice is largely dedicated to political satire. His work acts in conversation with current events and is intended to expose the South African government's corruption. He has exhibited extensively in South Africa and abroad, including the Cuban Biennial (1994), Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile, Museum of African Art, New York, and Kunsthaus in Baselland, Switzerland.
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