REMNANT OF RED LOCATION

Graphite sketch on water colour paper of Old Red Location Shack

Ref No. L-25
Title: Remnant of Red Location.
Description: During early 1800's - Settler times of South Africa, the British Military built barracks for the troops on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. The buildings consisted of rows of corrugated iron semi-detached buildings painted with red oxide to avoid weathering. When Apartheid raised its ugly head, the Afrikaans dominated National Party segregated Black people into the area naming it Red Location after the red oxide. Over the years the location became a settlement of crowded shacks which disintergrated. This remnant of Red Location is one of only two structures still remaining which the Red Location Museum has been empowered to retain. Unfortunately, the people in the area are so destitute that they have started dismantling it to build more shacks.
Size: A3 landscape format (420x297).
Medium: Graphite on water colour paper.
Date: August 2009.
Price: R663.00

FAIRVIEW SHACK

Black Artline Pen illustration on water colour paper of old shack

Ref.No.L-26.
Title: Fairview Shack.
Description: A black Artline pen etching on A3 water colour paper of an old shack on Pine Road in the suburb of Fairview, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Fairview used to be a coloured community which were ruthlessly relocated to the outskirts of Port Elizabeth during the Apartheid years. The community has successfully claimed the land back to large portions of the area and will soon be re-establishing themselves back.
Size: A3 Landscape format. (420x297).
Medium: Artline pen on water colour paper.
Date: August 2009.
Price: R663.00