resistance Flashcards
what influenced butcher boys?
human behaviour
conflicts in history
cultural memories of abuse
and lack of global interference during apartheid
what is a signature in Jane Alexander’s work?
she does not put work on a pedestal and avoids any obvious barriers between the work and the viewer.
what medium did Alexander use how the artwork come to be ?
she casts or models her sculptures in plaster building them to the proportions of her friends and colleagues and paints her modeled figures with oil paints.she also uses found objects and materials in many of her pieces
what is Jane Alexander known for
her figurative sculptures and photomontages
what are Alexanders figures known for
the mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence
how does butcher boys exemplify Alexanders usual elements
it makes use of horns exposed bones white less eyes and deformed mouths
what was Butcher Boys a response to
the dehumanizing effects of Apartheid
what theme is prevalent within Alexander’s work ?
the effects of power and domination over the individual is a major theme in Alexander’s work as well as alienation
what makes Alexander’s work politically ambiguous?
her figures are mostly rendered in a powdery grey leaving it with an ambiguous edge that remains open for interpretation
why is alienation such an important theme within Alexander’s work
It’s a feeling that Alexander experienced growing up amidst the social injustice inflicted by apartheid laws
what makes the figures in Butcher Boys so complex
Alexander has portrayed the motionless animal-human blends so that appear simultaneously as victims and aggressor
what does Alexander seek to explore within the challenge of this artwork
she seeks to identify the manner in which violence,aggression,cruelty and suffering are conveyed through and contained by the human figure.
how does Butcher Boys comment on society as a whole during apartheid times
the alter ego of aggression is vulnerability.those who are secure and unthreatened do not need to bully but when a entire society is insecure all its members become both aggressors and victims
what does Butcher Boy s remind us of within the art world
their are resemblances to the familiar figurative sculptures of the Greco-Roman tradition
what mutilations are present in the Butcher Boys and why
she mutated each figure’s sense of sound sight smell and taste they have irregular concavities where perhaps ears where they have a suggestion of nasal cavities they have deep scars traverse the larynx, past the heart and end just above the navel. Deep wounds down their spinal columns expose fragments of bones this creates discomfort because they are seemingly human figures yet they are riddled with non human elements and mutations
