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Title

GOLEKANE

Price

7,547.82

ArtID 13,723.31

ArtID Augmented Reality

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Dimensions

101 (H) x 63 (W) 3 (z) cm

Year

2019

Technique

GYPSUM, CHARCOAL, PASTELS, OIL PASTELS, CHALK, AND TIPEX ON RECYCLED CEILING BOARD.

I WAS BROUGHT UP BY MY GRANDPARENTS BECAUSE I LOST MY PARENTS TO HIV/AIDS AT A YOUNG AGE. ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, MILLIONS OF FAMILIES WOULD NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF OLDER PEOPLE - FROM CARING FOR ORPHANED GRANDCHILDREN AND INFECTED OWN CHILDREN, TO PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED HOUSEHOLD INCOME. IN THESE PIECES I HAVE DRAWN ELDERLY MEN. I HAVE DRAWN A PIECE OF THE BLIND MAN, COVERING HIS EARS BECAUSE SINCE HIS SENSE OF SIGHT IS GONE, HE THEREFORE RECEIVES INFORMATION MAINLY THROUGH HEARING. HE COVERS HIS EARS TO EXPERIENCE SILENCE SO AS TO ESCAPE FROM HIS LIFE FOR JUST A MOMENT, WHICH BRINGS HIM PEACE. THE PIECE OF THE OLD MAN CARRYING HIS WOODEN CANE SPEAKS TO HIS EXHAUSTION AND STRIFE FACED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL FORMS OF CARING FOR OLDER PEOPLE ARE BREAKING DOWN. THEREFORE I DREW THESE PIECES TO EXPRESS MY AWARENESS OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OUR OLDER GENERATION ENDURES AND TO EXPRESS MY HOPES AND WISHES FOR A FUTURE THAT WILL CARE MORE FOR OUR ELDERLY. GOLEKANE.

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