Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

192 530 Jabulane Sam NHLENGETHWA south african 1 955- Unamused Page Boy signed, dated ’03 and inscribed with the title on the reverse acrylic and collage laid down on canvas 43 by 58,5cm R30 000–50 000 531 Nontsikelelo VELEKO south african 1 977 Amandla by Thabo ‘06 signed, dated and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin pigment print on cotton rag paper 32 by 23cm R8 000–12 000 532 Brett MURRAY south african 1 961- Eyesight to the Blind signed, dated 2008 and numbered 2/25 in pencil in the margin screenprint sheet size: 58,5 by 42cm R6 000–8 000 exhibited Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Brave NewWorld...20 Years of Democracy , July 3, 2014 - November 19, 2014. Another example from the edition was exhibited. literature Chris Thurman (2009) ‘Art’s Sarcastic Truths’, The Weekender , Saturday 28th February. Indeed, this has become a pattern under BBE, BBBEE, GEAR, AsgiSA and other initiatives for economic development that have been unable to prevent greedy individuals from profiting enormously in the name of transformation. Accordingly, Murray’s “Eyesight to the Blind” is an optometrist’s chart which, if you read the (obvious) fineprint, equates U-BU- NTU with a dollar sign. 530 Bettina Malcomess (2008) Crocodile Tear-y: Brett Murray at the Goodman Galler y, http:// www.artthrob.co.za/08may/reviews/ goodmanc.html [2015/01/13]. Certain works come closest to a surrealist aesthetic that I felt contained moments of ambiguity, and self-reflection, which is productively at odds with this one-liner ethic. This is particularly true of Murray’s text works, such as Eyesight to the Blind , which sees an eye-test made from the word ‘UBUNTU’.