Searching For Direction - Stellenbosch, South Africa - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Pitika Ntuli (born 1942, Springs, Gauteng) is a South African sculptor, poet, writer, and academic who spent 32 years of his life in exile in Swaziland and the UK. He holds an MFA from the Pratt Institute in New York and an MA in Comparative Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology. While in exile in the UK he taught at Camberwell College of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the London College of Printing, Middlesex University and the University of East London. Since returning to South Africa he has taught at Wits and UKZN, and is currently Professor Extraordinaire at Tshwane University of Technology. (visit link)

The plaque reads:

PITIKA NTULI
Searching For Direction
Artist's statement
The artwork is made of hoes for feet, wheelbarrow body and a differential and pinion for a head and a computer circuit board as the aerial view of part of a city. I use found objects that I use symbolically to convey socio-political messages about our conditions as a people. I believe that recycling materials go hand in hand with the recycling of ideas and prevent us from being moribund. Using worker's tools and humanising them seeks to draw attention to the rising levels of class divisions in our society.

Title: Searching For Direction Artist: Pitika Ntuli Media (materials) used: Steel Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): On the corner or Church and Andringa Streets Date of creation or placement: 2011

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Date Logged Log   10/21/2014 Casper&Aero visited it