Anti-apartheid badges (artist(s) unrecorded) and A existing settlers insist that everybody follows their Reversed Retrogress by Mary Sibande. Slide 1 and 2 culture, should new settlers keep their culture? in the accompanying powerpoint. Explore the idea of families, race and identity by exploring the art work Black Photo album. Follow up activities: Using Johannes Phokela’s work, explore the impact of western charity in the developing world and Badges were worn to demonstrate personal discuss why the child in the centre wears a red nose support for anti-apartheid campaigns. Use made famous by UK charity Comic Relief. them to think about the range of methods used inside and outside South Africa to Art and Design oppose apartheid. Compare the badges with other types of Spotlight object: evidence from the time and debate how South African Colouring Book - Gavin Jantjes and useful they are in helping us to understand Transitions by Willie Bester. Slide 5 and 6 in the anti-apartheid protest movements. accompanying power point. Throughout history, artists and designers like Mary Sibande have highlighted the key Explore the use of collage and colour in Gavin issues for society in their work. Select Jantjes work to make a political statement. Compare examples from across the exhibition and to other contemporary artists that also use art to send assess what issues they raise and how these fit into the timeline of South Africa’s past. powerful a message. Bester's works are collages assembled from PSHE and Citizenship scraps and junk from flea markets, found objects and newspaper clippings, combined with the use of oil paints and photographs. The themes of the art works Spotlight object: stem from the political issues of the time: forced The Black Photo Album / Look At Me: Santu removals and brutalisation, crime, greed, poverty and Mafokeng (1997) and Pantomime Act Trilogy: corruption. Using your identity as inspiration, create Johannes Phokela (1999). Slide 3 and 4 in the an art work either as individuals as a group using accompanying powerpoint. foraged materials. Compare and contrast two art works from the Follow up activities: exhibition. Explore what they are trying to tell the Debate the potential relationship between existing viewer about the past or the present. and new settlers living alongside each other should –
Anti-apartheid badges (artist(s) unrecorded) and A Reversed Retrogress by Mary Sibande. Slide 1 and 2 in the accompanying powerpoint. Follow up activities: Badges were worn to demonstrate personal support for anti-apartheid campaigns. Use them to think about the range of methods used inside and outside South Africa to oppose apartheid. Compare the badges with other types of evidence from the time and debate how useful they are in helping us to understand anti-apartheid protest movements. Throughout history, artists and designers like Mary Sibande have highlighted the key issues for society in their work. Select examples from across the exhibition and assess what issues they raise and how these fit into the timeline of South Africa’s past. PSHE and Citizenship Spotlight object: The Black Photo Album / Look At Me: Santu Mafokeng (1997) and Pantomime Act Trilogy: Johannes Phokela (1999). Slide 3 and 4 in the accompanying powerpoint. Follow up activities: Debate the potential relationship between existing and new settlers living alongside each other – should existing settlers insist that everybody follows their culture, should new settlers keep their culture? Explore the idea of families, race and identity by exploring the art work Black Photo album. Using Johannes Phokela’s work, explore the impact of western charity in the developing world and discuss why the child in the centre wears a red nose made famous by UK charity Comic Relief. Art and Design Spotlight object: South African Colouring Book - Gavin Jantjes and Transitions by Willie Bester. Slide 5 and 6 in the accompanying power point. Explore the use of collage and colour in Gavin Jantjes work to make a political statement. Compare to other contemporary artists that also use art to send powerful a message. Bester's works are collages assembled from scraps and junk from flea markets, found objects and newspaper clippings, combined with the use of oil paints and photographs. The themes of the art works stem from the political issues of the time: forced removals and brutalisation, crime, greed, poverty and corruption. Using your identity as inspiration, create an art work either as individuals as a group using foraged materials. Compare and contrast two art works from the exhibition. Explore what they are trying to tell the viewer about the past or the present.
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