Title: National Arts Festival
Image Number: APN30900
Media Id: 61_342
Path:
african.pictures /
Independent Photographers /
Christine Nesbitt Hills
Description: The opening of the Keiskamma Altarpiece is seen taking place on Thursday June 30, 2005 in the Cathedral in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The Keiskamma Altarpiece is the second monumental embroidery made by the women in the Hamburg region in the Eastern Cape, as a message of hope for people who are living in the midst of dire poverty, HIV/Aids and other hardships. The creation is based on the Isenheim Altarpiece which is a 15th century series of paintings made bu Grunewald for a Hospice in Germany, where the inmates were dying of the then incurable ergot poisoining. The Keiskama Altarpiece is made up of a series of hinged panels. Closed, the sombre crucifixion panels using Xhosa imagery are flanked by two Hamburg saints. The panels open up to a vision of hope, redemption and restoration in the four middle panels. The images used here show abundant life with trees, birds, spriritual worship, harmonious traditional life using colours and imagery depicting hope and beauty. When
Collections: Independent Photographers
Subcollections:
Christine Nesbitt Hills
Country: South Africa
Location: Grahamstown
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 3008 x 2000
Credit: Christine Nesbitt Hills / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
Keywords:
town views,
historic architecture,
historic buildings,
Grahamstown,
Eastern Cape,
South Africa,
Africa,
colour image ,
black African women,
streetside,
tourist attractions,
educational & research establishments,
museums,
dancing,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No
