MERIT AWARDSMerit award winnerLINDEKRIELBLOEMFONTEINMERIT AWARDSThis artwork investigates the discomfort that members of the transgendercommunity experience when using public restrooms. The female and male bathroomsjuxtaposed on the left and right side respectively, reveal the cold nature of the binarybathroom system. Although there is greater tolerance for gender nonconformingpeople, attacks on those who identify as transgender are still prevalent, especially onsocial media. The artist's work mimics the vulnerability experienced by transgenderindividuals in binary spaces like restrooms. Public restrooms are intimate yet sharedspaces, but many people feel exposed and looked at when accessing these spaces.[REST]ROOMCopperplate etching28 cm x 46,5 cmMerit award winnerMALIKMANICAPE TOWNThis self-portrait artwork is a depictionof the beauty and goodness that cancome from hardship and struggle. It isa celebration of how people can growbeyond difficult and harsh environmentsto discover happiness and the best versionof themselves. It shows that people cantranscend depression, addiction, andsuicidal thoughts, even when surrounded bya world of negativity. Using the metaphor ofa rose growing out of concrete, this artworkis an ode to those who persevere underthe most trying situations and continue tosolider on even in the mist of failure.16From the concrete grew a rosePencil on Arches paper59,5 cm x 42 cmSASOL NEW SIGNATURES • 2022 CATALOGUESASOL NEW SIGNATURES • 2022 CATALOGUE17
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