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SHANTY LANDSCAPE
50 x 130 cm. Oil on canvas. 2010 (Sold) During my first visit to Cape Town in South Africa my initial sensation was not an overwhelmingly ‘African’ experience. However, journeying into the townships changed all that. I spent a wonderful few daylight hours visiting Hout Bay squatter camp where, despite the poverty, the sense of community and friendliness was palpable and strong. I found the same thing in Johannesburg’s Soweto and Alexander Townships.
On my departure en route to the airport, I took in fully what I had partly missed on arrival. Namely, the miles and miles of township existence. As one’s taxi whizzes by, the nature of life behind that blur barely enters our conscious understanding. |
