We, The People: 30 Years of Art and Democracy in South Africa

We, The People: 30 Years of Art and Democracy in South AfricaPublisher's text: What does South Africa look like 30 years after its first democratic election? We, the People bring together 70 contemporary artists and over 100 works that actively engage, challenge, and reimagine our political life. Democracy is not something we have and own, it is something we need to do continuously participating, connecting, sharing responsibility and shaping community together. Since 1994, South Africa has faced profound

Renaissance and South African art

but seeing and affected by it

the individual newspapers are of questionable value once they have been used

En wie sal Breytenbach se pleidooi in die Paleis van Justisie in 1975

with tearing and creasing along the edges and a small chip out of the front

as well as the work of more than sixty other artists

By shifting objects

Her portraits of politicians

are a number of essays and addresses by such commentators as Antjie Krog

Freddy Scotchman (exhibition mounting co-ordinator)

and most importantly

Zenande's art consists of social commentary