General
General
Object Auto ID
65853
Common Name
Melancholia
Object Description

Heavily-layered and vibrantly-coloured oil work showing a large feast in an elaborately decorated and installed room with a multitude of objects laying around to show the excesses, gluttony, riches and spoils of the South African apartheid state.  Melancholia is one of the most important pieces of 1980's struggle art, and also speaks to Siopis' work around politics, the feminine and her struggle art in general. 

Provenance

Purchased from the Goodman Gallery, 1986 

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Oil paint
Technique Types
Oil Painting
Colours
VARIOUS
Distinguishing Features

Heavily-layered oil creates a 3D effect

Inscriptions
Verso, stretcher bar, top left '1986 P. SIOPIS MELANCHOLIA'
Measurement Type Unit Value
Height
cm
197.50
Width
cm
175.50
History
Object Age
1986
Maker
Penny Siopis
Production Place
South Africa
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Media
Melancholia, 1986
Penny Siopis Melancholia CC.pdf (77.21 KB)
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 South Africa License.