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    • Susan Woolf SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES - Short Hands White (from the Taxi Hand Signs series)
      May. 20, 2019

      Susan Woolf SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES - Short Hands White (from the Taxi Hand Signs series)

      Est: R20,000 - R30,000

      Susan Woolf SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES Short Hands White (from the Taxi Hand Signs series) signed, dated 2015, numbered 1/20 in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chopmark in the margin blind embossing on paper 54 by 49,5cm LITERATURE: Susan Woolf (2016) Taxi Hand Signs , Johannesburg: ada enup. Illustrated on page 33. When a gestural or spoken language is coded as image or text, it becomes increasingly succinct and readable to a person who is blind. This all white relief artwork relies on the subtle nuances of shadow to show sighted people how 14 simple shapes combine for the taxi shape system to be read. All white represents light, which in excess is also blinding. The largest taxi gesture seen here is a taxi commuter body sign. The person wriggles his or her bottom when the taxi approaches. Broadly objectional, it appears to be used in humour by some commuters to hail a taxi going to Duduza, an apparently cool place to party. A second coded text, which is playful and experimental rather than practical, forms part of the bottom of the artwork. The symbols/codes are written descriptions of gestures. The codes do not replace the visual image of the hand sign, they describe the components of a sign and include the direction the hand might be moving. Sculptural works, which project shadows for the artwork to become fully readable, have been a large part of a Woolf’s art over the past twelve years. This work was produced by means of a lazer technique, individually hand printed on wet Hahnemé¼hle paper at Artist Proof Studio. Susan Woolf

      Strauss & Co
    • Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) TAXI HAND SIGNS lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2008 and numbered 30/40 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 49 by 61cm, unframed
      Nov. 17, 2015

      Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) TAXI HAND SIGNS lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2008 and numbered 30/40 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 49 by 61cm, unframed

      Est: R6,000 - R9,000

      Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) TAXI HAND SIGNS lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2008 and numbered 30/40 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 49 by 61cm, unframed

      Stephan Welz & Co
    • Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) DICTIONARY GRID lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2013 and numbered 4/10 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 117 by 89cm, unframed
      Nov. 17, 2015

      Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) DICTIONARY GRID lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2013 and numbered 4/10 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 117 by 89cm, unframed

      Est: R10,000 - R15,000

      Susan Woolf (South African 1949 -) DICTIONARY GRID lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated 2013 and numbered 4/10 in pencil in the margin sheet size: 117 by 89cm, unframed

      Stephan Welz & Co
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