Page 73 - David Goldblatt _ Johannessburg 1948 - 2018
P. 73
The City, The Firewalker and the aftermath of copper cable theft, Queen Elizabeth bridge, Johannesburg, December 2011
The 11 metre sculpture by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx depicts one of the women often seen on Joburg streets carrying a brazier with live coals on her head. She will set it up on a sidewalk where she will roast yellow mielies or sheep’s heads for sale to passersby. The paving stones are scattered because someone tied a rope to the electric cable under the lamp post to a truck and ripped the cable out to steal the copper wire. Silver gelatin print on fibre-based paper
48 x 59.5 cm
Edition of 10
