“Freeing South Africa freeing ourselves 1980”

“Freeing South Africa freeing ourselves 1980”

Chicago Anti-Apartheid

This image features two hands: one hand with a rope wrapped around, the other hand had a chain wrapped around it. This imagine represents two African Americans helping each other to freedom from Apartheid, which represents that South Africans can free themselves with their own help and pride. The technique used was offset priting and after it was make into relief printmaking, using white ink and black paper. This object is considered art because it encourages people to get involved and get the public to become aware that there was an apartheid happening in South Africa. The way that this art got people involved, was by the imagery of positivity of two hands working together to free each other. Just like this quote from “Apartheid’s Artistic Legacy” by Juliet Highet, which states: “One make art with genuine optimism, with the belief that someone is going to accept one Imagine expression…” This quote relates to this imagine because the art was made to show that there was hope for freedom.

Columbia College Chicago Students

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago Kent State, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago

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