Apartheid South Africa 1974

Curator: Editor: This is Peter Kennard’s work, entitled *Apartheid South Africa*. It's a photomontage, and the contrast is striking – a well-dressed woman sits on a bench marked 'Europeans Only' while, below, dogs attack a figure. What do you make of this work? Curator: The stark juxtaposition reveals the brutal realities of Apartheid through its means of production. Kennard forces us to confront the violence inherent in the social structure by physically layering these images. What does the montage form itself communicate about the system's inherent instability? Editor: I see it. The layering emphasizes the relationship between the comfort of some and the suffering of others. It also challenges the clean image the regime wanted to project. Thanks for helping me see that. Curator: And seeing is key, isn't it? To acknowledge the material cost of such constructed privilege.