Wim Botha
Pièta
A monograph published to coincide with Wim Botha’s Pietà exhibition at Stevenson, Johannesburg, 18 August - 25 September 2015. Following Botha's 2004 Mieliepap Pietà, a life-size replica of Michelangelo’s original modelled from maize meal, in 2015 the artist produced a full-scale bronze extrapolation of the Pietà initially carved from polystyrene blocks; a suite of 119 studies on canvas and paper; and a drawing in three dimensions.
2015, published by Stevenson (SA) / Editorial co-ordinator: Sophie Perryer / Text: Michael P Steinberg / 164 pages / Page size: 260 x 245mm / Printed full colour on Munken Pure Cream 170gsm / Endpapers: black / Binding: thread sewn Hard cover silkscreened in black only on cream linen
