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Sue Hoppe - "heritage under threat" |
heritage under threat
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heritage under threatSorry but this work has already been sold. may be willing to undertake a commission.
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Mixed Media W: 600mm x H: 500mm x D: 44mm
Approx. Weight: 1kg This work is unframed Price US$ 80 SOLD Scale
About "heritage under threat" This painting was inspired by the destruction of the historic cottages at Red Location. The Red Location is one of the blots on Port Elizabeth, a black township, established by the British Colonial Government in 1903, and made worse under apartheid. It is a place of abject poverty, most of the residents living in shacks made of waste material, plastic, old corrogated iron and weathered timber, on the edge of a windswept wetland overlooking the sea. It was the place where the anti-apartheid movement in the Eastern Cape flourished and many amazing stories of underground meetings and couragious resistence are told. The multi-award winning Red Location Museum has been established there, to celebrate the courage of the resistance leaders, and bring much needed tourist money to help upgrade the living standards of those who live there. Anyway, sadly the original shacks, which are national monuments and need to be preserved as a reminder of what this nation has been through and that we must never allow such things to happen again, are being stolen bit by bit, and sold to scrap dealers, and outrage over this prompted the painting. The gold stripes represent the stitches that we need in order to repair the torn fabric of our society. The words read "The time is running out. It is urgent that we unite and work together to mend the rips in the fabric of our society. Our freedom was won at a high cost [0x1] and we have the opportunity to rebuild and restore [0x1] but there are too many who vandalise, steal and destroy. We need to end the negative actions and save our heritage to remind us of our past- then build the future hand in hand.[0x1] |
Sue Hoppe
View all 191 works by Sue Hoppe About Sue
I love expressing my reaction to what I see around me in bold loose brushstrokes and vibrant colours, sometimes abstract, sometimes not! My themes and the way I express them vary widely. I used to work mainly in oils, but also use photography and collage to express ideas. The latest series of work uses encaustic and cyanotype. The melted wax brings a wonderful dimension of transparency and texture to the work. Price Range US$ 56-1,055 Exhibitions Ceramics: between 1985 and 1990, many group exhibions at regional and National level with APSA. Education Geology, Maths, chemistry, also diploma in ceramic science People who chose Sue's work also chose work by: Find other:
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