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Art for Humanity...'the art of human rights' |
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is a non-profit organisation based in Durban, South Africa which specialises in producing fine art print portfolios, exhibitions, billboards and research projects that advocate various human rights issues in South Africa and internationally. The Art for Humanity website serves as an online resource for those interested in human rights, art and social development. Click on link to view the AFH Blog.
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Berry Bickle "Series Sleeping Beauty Burning dress III"
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| Artist Statement: Berry Bickle |
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| From our past century is an image that is deeply etched in our collective consciousness. It is that of a Buddhist monk setting his body on fire in an act of self-immolation. This act was to bring to the world’s attention the terrible death of men woman and children in the indiscriminate American bombing of the Vietnamese villages. It was an act beyond protest, a deep spiritual eastern sacrificial rite to ask the world for compassion, to stop a brutal war. |
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| The burning dress in my image is not beyond protest, but tinged with sacrifice. Some lines of a sonnet’s text survive framed in the burnt fabric of a dress. The left sleeve is trapped by fire. |
| This strange ground explodes all earthly powers. And blooms up black into eternal sky, But fails to water minds where man is bound. Where old empires fragment and new gods die |
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