‘Martyrs and Rebels’ is a new body of work by South African artist Conrad Botes, showcasing his distinctive reverse-glass and canvas paintings. Using sharp lines and bold strident colours, Botes’ figures amplify the contradictions and exigencies of South African culture and society.
In such a society, religion is irreverent, violence is desirable, sadism institutionalised, and the individual triumphant in his existential crisis. His work achieves an interesting fusion of the pastoral with contemporary realities and aesthetics.
Conrad Botes was born in 1969 in Ladismith, Western Cape, and is now currently living in Cape Town. His biting satire, frequently directed at South African society, politics and religion, is channelled into both his...
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