About this artwork
Jo Ractliffe concentrates on the aftermath of traumatic situations, capturing events indirectly by picturing land-scapes rather than their human inhabitants. In 2007 she accompanied a group of South African veterans who had been sent to fight clandestinely in neighboring Angola and were revisiting sites of combat. Decades of war financed by competing international interests had left Angola among the countries in the world most heavily infested with land mines. Tracing a safe path through the verdant scenery depends entirely on knowing where not to step.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Jo Ractliffe
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Title
- Mined forest outside Menongue on the road to Cuito Cuanavale, from the series As Terras do Fim do Mundo (The Lands of the End of the World)
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Place
- South Africa (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 2009
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Medium
- 3 gelatin silver prints
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Edition
- 4 of 5, plus artist's proofs
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Dimensions
- Each: 45 × 56 cm (17 3/4 × 22 1/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Photography and Media Fund
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Reference Number
- 2020.371a-c
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Copyright
- © Jo Ractliffe
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