Jane Alexander, born 1959, South Africa Search this
Medium:
Inkjet print on cotton paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 46 x 56 cm (18 1/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
Type:
Photograph
Geography:
South Africa
Date:
2007
Description:
This digitally manipulated color photographic print shows a hybrid creature – horned animal head and human body – standing in a marshy landscape. The figure is attired in a loose-fitting brown uniform; each hand rests on a wooden cane or staff. An upright simian-like creature, deliberately blurry, moves out of the frame in the lower left, while a quadruped on all fours moves toward the lower right side. Predatory birds circle in a blue sky with rosy overtones. Hills rise in the distance.
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