Martin Klaaste, Mayor of the Kamiesberg Local Municipality, in the council chamber, Garies, Northern Cape, 2004
Series titleMunicipal Officials
Digital print in pigment inks on cotton rag paper
Image dimensions38 x 47,9 cm
About the workThe South African photographer David Goldblatt began to work with colour around the time that apartheid ended. Up to then, his oeuvre had exclusively consisted of black-and-white photographs. In this portrait, the importance of colour becomes clear. Due to the colours of the wall and the two tables, the image is divided into three large sections. White, red and blue are found in the South African flag, which was officially adopted in 1994. However, these colours can also be viewed as a reference to the country’s colonial history and its occupation by the Netherlands and later Great Britain.
AccessionAcquisition 2006
Provenance[...]; 2006 angekauft von der Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Inventory numberK 2006-115
