Review 2011

Jane Alexander something’s going down, 1993-94 synthetic clay, oil paint, wood, aluminium, leather and prints signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the underside 135 by 132 by 38,5cm Sold R802 080, September 2011 If there is any message in Jane Alexander’s body of work, and I think there is, I do believe one of its outstanding epigraphs, if not the most important, is a plea for a deeper awareness of the fragility of our common condition, in all its tangible and intangible dimensions, and therefore for an ethic of reciprocal respect, fairness and constructive concern born out of our shared vulnerability. Pep Subirós, ‘On Being (and Becoming) Human: Notes on Jane Alexander’s Mutant Universe’ in Pep Subirós, Jane Alexander: on being human, Durham University, Durham, UK, 2009, page 20. 64