Entries (RSS) Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
25th July 2011 | Other items by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen |
This magnificent new book, launched in October 2008, celebrates and documents the artworks integrated into and collected for the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The book pays tribute to the extraordinary vision of the architects and judges of the Court who sought to bring together, in the most inspiring, innovative and dignified way possible, art and the workings of justice, and to give a public soul to the new Court building. Working closely with the Constitutional Court Artworks Committee headed by Justices Yvonne Mokgoro and Albie Sachs, David Krut Publishing has prepared the book as a companion volume to Light on a Hill: Building the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa is designed by Ellen Papciak-Rose and features photography by Ben Law-Viljoen. Essential to the original design of the Constitutional Court by the Durban-based omm design workshop and their Johannesburg partner Urban Solutions, was the integration of art and architecture into the most important building of the new South Africa. To realise this aim, the architects sought designs from artists for elements of the building such as lights, security gates and sun screens. The architects also commissioned artists and craft collectives to design and make furnishings for the Court. The result of these important collaborations can be seen in the colour, vibrancy, warmth, and humanity of the building. The inclusion of artwork in the structural and functional elements of the Court is enhanced by a growing collection of art on view to the public. The Constitutional Court collection started – with very few resources – before the Court moved into its current home and has taken shape around several key works by artists such as Dumile Feni, John Baloyi, William Kentridge, Judith Mason, Gerard Sekoto, Marlene Dumas, and others. The collection is noted for its exploration of figuration in contemporary South African art, a theme that is well adapted to the values that the Court seeks to uphold in its mandate to hear matters relating to human rights and the Constitution. Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will serve as a record of the Court’s growing collection of paintings, prints, fibre art and sculptures, but more importantly it will pay tribute to an extraordinary vision: to bring together art and justice in a building that would welcome all citizens of the country. |
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April 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
[...] Court Justice Albie Sachs, author of Light on a Hill (2006) and Art and Justice, forthcoming from David Krut publishing, is currently a resident scholar at the Ford Foundation in [...]
October 27th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Hi guys,
I heard that the book will be launched in November…I’ve been waiting for this since 2005 when I first visited the court and asked judge der Westhuizen for this book.
I’d love to join the party so please keep me posted!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
[...] new publications on Diane Victor, Taxi - 013, Stephen Antonakos: 151 Images and an Essay, and Art and Justice, a study of the South African Constitutional Court’s art collection and the sister [...]
March 26th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
[...] on 2 June at the Constitutional Court and David Krut Publishing will be present to sell copies of Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa along with first day covers of the stamps. We will post more details of the event on our site in due [...]
March 28th, 2009 at 10:09 am
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April 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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August 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am
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March 18th, 2010 at 1:06 am
[...] document it represents, its architecture and, not least its art. Edited by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Art and Justice explores the remarkable collection amassed by the now-retired Concourt justice Albie Sachs. The [...]
April 30th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
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May 15th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
[...] Krut Publishing to be nominated as one of the Most Beautiful Objects in South Africa. In 2008, Art and Justice: The Art Collection of the Constitutional Court of South Africa was also nominated for this prestige [...]
May 26th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
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June 20th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
[...] Sachs explains in Art and Justice, “the unifying theme of this building is the traditional form of participatory and transparent [...]
September 1st, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Please tell me about the figures on the ground of the court yard in front of the Constitutional Court. I have taken some beautiful pictures of them.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:08 am
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