Focus on The Spear (painting) and explore the Exhibition.
The painting was one of the pieces of artist Brett Murray's Hail to the Thief II exhibition in the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, which opened on 10 May 2012. Inspiration was drawn from the Russian artist Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov's poster Lenin Lived, Lenin Is Alive, Lenin Will Live. The exhibition features various pieces that are critical of South Africa's ruling party, the ANC, showcasing sculptures and images that suggest corruption and bad governance. Murray's works in the exhibition also include modifications of ANC liberation-struggle posters and flyers from the Apartheid era, some displaying the text "Amandla, we demand Chivas, BMWs and bribes".
Johannesburg Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov corruption Goodman Gallery bribes Amandla Apartheid BMW Brett Murray Chivas