A selection of South African artworks produced during the country’s apartheid era which ended up in foreign art collections is on display in Johannesburg.
Artist Lawrence Lemaoana at an exhibition at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. A selection of artworks which were produced during the country's apartheid era and ended up in foreign art collections are on display to mark 30 years since the country's transition to democracy in 1994.
The exhibition creates a blend of perspectives on South Africa through the eyes of artists who lived during and after the country's most difficult period.to Africa by organizations such as the Ifa Lethu Foundation, which is hosting the exhibition., who died in Paris in 1993.
“The use of material was limited for them. That is why most of their work is black and white, and it is prints. Painting was an expensive medium to work on, their conditions were tough,” he said.
“With the exception of a few outliers — including workshops such as Polly Street in Johannesburg and the Evangelical Lutheran Centre at Rorke’s Drift, established by foreign missionaries in the former province of Natal — art education for black artists was minimal."
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