The Civic Center’s knot of red tube art

by Paul on Wednesday, 16 November, 2011 3 Comments

The Civic Center's knot of red tube art

The Civic Center's knot of red tube art

I could find little information about this piece of art located near the Civic Centre in Cape Town. The piece has no inscription and there’s little information on the Web.

What I could find out is that the work was commissioned from the renowned South African artist, Edoardo Villa, in 1981. What’s interesting is that in 1981 the National Party won a majority of the seats in government, 131 of the 165 seats. I wonder if the work was commissioned to commemorate this event?


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  1. 1Paul Grobler
    Wednesday, 23 November, 2011 at 12:17

    Interesting thought. Why are you making this connection?

  2. 2Jonathan Carter
    Thursday, 24 November, 2011 at 22:29

    You don’t know what red tube is!?

  3. 3Paul
    Friday, 25 November, 2011 at 00:10

    @Paul, it’s complicated – I’ll explain when I see you. :)

    @Jonathan, lol, no, didn’t. :)

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