{"product_id":"brett-murray","title":"Brett Murray","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the words of Steve Dubin:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome art soothes the soul. It makes you feel warm and tingly; you'd be at ease bringing your ouma or gogo to view it. But other types of creative work can roil one's sensibilities, intrude in your face and burrow beneath the skin, aggravate like a pesky speck of food lodged behind a rear molar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrett Murray staked out his artistic turf early in his career and has doggedly cultivated it ever since. Murray's impatience with political correctness, and disgust with the constraints imposed by artistic gatekeepers, has scarcely been disguised. This was demonstrated by\u003c\/em\u003eThe Spear\u003cem\u003ein 2012, which became the most vilified work of art ever produced in South Africa. Murray was branded \"provocative\", \"subversive\", \"sardonic\", \"bitter\" and an \"angry young artist\". However, what mattered was that\u003c\/em\u003eThe Spear\u003cem\u003ehad transfixed the country. Art dominated the news and public discourse. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Brett Murray's words:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e100% I wouldn't do it again, and 100% I would. Because I think I have a right to do what I do, say what I say, think what I think, and I think every poet, playwright, thinking person, non-thinking person has a right to air their views as they see fit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrett Murray\u003c\/strong\u003eis a Pretoria-born, South African artist mostly known for his steel and mixed-media wall sculptures. He studied at the University of Cape Town Michaelis School of Fine Art where he was awarded his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1988 with distinction. From 1991 to 1994 he established the sculpture department at the Universityof Stellenbosch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Brett Murray\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781431408511\u003cbr\u003eFormat Hardback\u003cbr\u003ePages 300p.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksite Afrika","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308357533781,"sku":"9781431408511","price":695.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/Brett_Murray.jpg?v=1617201834","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/products\/brett-murray","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}