ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE:
DAVID GOLDBLATT
Interviewed by Mark Durden
Location: Modern Art, Oxford
Date: January 2003
Portrait by Warren van Rensburg
Chapter 6:
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Monuments to the Republic of South Africa and to J. G. Strijdom, Transvaal. 25 April 1982.
South-east wing, African men's hostel. Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, Transvaal. 1 June 1988.
Chapter 6 Synopsis:
- Finishes Structures book - free to photograph again.
- Good Friday 1998, driving through Johannesburg - profound sense of alienation.
- Begins photographing the city in black and white.
- Uses colour whilst working on a commission in Australia.
- Becomes interested in the colours of the new Johannesburg.
- Continues to use colour for series on tradesmen's roadside adverts.
- Portraits of trademen - a postive series - representive of emergent economy.
Monuments to the Republic of South Africa and to J. G. Strijdom, Transvaal. 25 April 1982.
South-east wing, African men's hostel. Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, Transvaal. 1 June 1988.
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