Brett Murray

Brett Murray

Brett Murray (I) (born in 1961) is a South African artist mostly known for his steel and mixed media wall sculptures. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Murray has a master's degree in fine art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art.

Referred to by critic Brenda Atkinson as "the dark prince of South African pop (art)", Murray is one of the country's most popular artists,Fact|date=October 2007 often using easily recognisable media images with the addition of a subversive and bitterly funny twist. [ [http://www.rosekorberart.com/bmurray/index.html] Dead link|date=March 2008]

Murray's work addresses the wars of the cultures, the clash between Afrocentrism and Eurocentrism, the old and the new South Africas. "With my work I hope to critically entertain. Through satirical and tragic reflections on South Africa, I hope to shift people's perspectives and change people's minds, indulgent, arrogant and pretentious as this might sound," he says. [ [http://www.artthrob.co.za/sept98/artbio.htm ArtThrob ] ]

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