David Goldblatt
Statue in commemoration of the first political prisoner on Robben Island, Chief Autshumato, and symbolically, by means of the statue's modern 'cellular underpants', the most recent political prisoners on the Island, those of apartheid. Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island. 16 July 1991.
The sculptor was PAC founding member Japhta Masemola
Statue in commemoration of the first political prisoner on Robben Island, Chief Autshumato, and symbolically, by means of the statue's modern 'cellular underpants', the most recent political prisoners on the Island, those of apartheid. Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island. 16 July 1991.
The sculptor was PAC founding member Japhta Masemola
1991, printed 2008
Silver gelatin print
69 x 55cm
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