Jane Alexander

Question 1

Influences

Answer 1

Unjust political situation in SA during apartheid

Question 2

Subject matter /themes

Answer 2

Sculptor works figuratively
Human figures

Question 3

Stylistic characteristics

Answer 3

Hybrids
Gives animal characteristics to human figures
Ambiguous nature of violence

Question 4

Issues/contribution

Answer 4

Explorer violence in apartheid era
Image of suffering & violence

Question 5

Butcher boys subject

Answer 5

3 life like plaster figures naked except coverings over genitals who sit on wooden bench

Question 6

Butcher boys body significance

Answer 6

Powerful yet damaged bodies seen bones in flesh
Cannot speak with voice of reason they have horns & snouts instead
Impaired hearing since ears are holes
Seated position shows passiveness & awareness
Eyes reveal humanity (dark hollow haunting)

Question 7

Message of Butcher boys

Answer 7

Symbol of institutionalized violence.
Title says they are executioners yet alter ego of aggression is vulnerability.
Symbolic relationship between oppressor & victim.
Human figure shows violence, aggression, cruelty, suffering

Question 8

Bom Boys

Answer 8

9 life sized sculptors of small boys with coverings arranged on checkerboard.
Seem lost creating disturbing vision of world without interpersonal connection

Question 9

Body language, tone, colour bom boys

Answer 9

Arms extended on side, small sizes & slightly apart feet= non threatening body language & care
Digures different due to various stages of dress or undress
Somber tone: vulnerable figures positioned in game such as chess
Pale grey like ghosts, invisibility & death of childhood

Question 10

Message & meaning of bom boys

Answer 10

Raises questions
Vision of street kids & their struggle & mechanisms they must use to survive..