S’HOT: Tribute to Mandela by Garth Walker
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Hair affair
A new book explores the township barbershop as cultural and social hub
Garth Walker Focus: Cock & Pussy = AIDS
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: AIDS (Cock & Pussy = AIDS)
A comment on HIV/AIDS illustrated by icon (to avoid language issues) and was part of an installation that included ‘AIDS wallpaper’ as a backdrop to the cock/pussy
Garth Walker Focus: Kodak moment Afrika
Client: personal work
Title: FukAfrika
Garth says: A stereotypical look at some issues through the eyes of a snapamatic camera as seen by many Western tourists (yet to visit the continent).
Garth Walker Focus: The AK47 addicts
AK47
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: AK47
A comment on Africa’s reliance on the West for Aid and Food. And the continents (and our political leadership or assorted despots) continued love affair with the tyranny of the AK47
Garth Walker Focus: War on Terror gets remote
A comment on WoT which could be interpreted as a ‘reality show’. The TV remote idea is a metaphor for the (generally USA) attitude to terror whereby the military ‘dial in’ their desires (continent, country, type of intervention etc) and then unleash their forces. Usually to little effect…
Garth Walker: Jabu Ndlovu and the G13
This week MarkLives is dedicated to the work of South African design great Garth Walker.
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: Jabu Ndlovu – Self Portrait
Says Garth: A comment on the (current) G8 which will grow to include 13 countries (including South Africa). Jabu is an alter ego for young disenchanted Africans who see their leaders as having sold out to the ‘boys club’. At their cost. Jabu shows his feelings towards the Group of 13 nations…
Garth Walker Focus: L’enfant Jesus
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: L’enfant Jesus
Says Garth: A comment on the city of Saint-Etienne and their history as an arms manufacturer (mostly during the Napoleonic wars). More recently the city has switched to the manufacture of textiles.