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?
Paul Grobler
Interesting thought. Why are you making this connection?
Jonathan Carter
You don’t know what red tube is!?
Paul
Post author@Paul, it’s complicated – I’ll explain when I see you. :)
@Jonathan, lol, no, didn’t. :)