Tuesday 10 June 2014

Jane Alexander


Artville Contemporary Artist Of The Day 
Jane Alexander 
Title: Butcher Boys
Medium: Reinforced plastere, oil, paint, animal bone, horns, woood
Size: 501/2x84x35 in 

The Butcher Boys is a plaster sculpture by South African artist Jane Alexander. The work consists of three lifesize humanoid beasts with powdery skin, black eyes, broken horns, and no mouths sitting on a bench. The beasts are devoid of their outside senses - their ears are nothing more than deep gorges in their heads and their mouths are missing, appearing to be covered with thick roughened skin. The artwork represents the brutal dehumanizing forces of Apartheid in South Africa. The animal parts show how people stripped themselves of their humanity and put themselves above others, thinking they were better. The sculpture means it is and should only be animals that would be so cruel to each other and not humans.
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