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Wim Botha

South Africa
2024

Ceramic, maize meal, pencil, wood.

Ceramic: 38 x 25 x 28cm | Installation Image: 2m x 4m

At a distance, Wim Botha’s work might resemble the typical bronze bust of a state head. Yet, a more accurate description might be a faceless, nameless figure being simultaneously mended, and still under construction. The ancient Japanese method of kintsugi is referenced, but here using the colloquial mieliepap, which has become iconic of Botha’s work. A “tomb of the forgotten politician,” comes to mind.

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