Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander (born 1959) She is a female artist best known for her sculpture, The Butcher Boys. She works in sculpture, photomontages, photography and video. Alexander is interested in human behavior, conflicts in history, cultural memories of abuse and the lack of global interference during apartheid. Alexander's work is relevant both in the current Post- Apartheid social environment in South Africa and abroad.

Her interest in these issues influenced her subsequent installations and art pieces.

Artist process Mutilated by the violence of Apartheid, Alexander's pieces often contain opposing themes of attraction and repulsion, Human and Animal and Grotesque yet vulnerable. The distinctions in Alexander's work between the victim and the victimizers, the oppressor and the oppressed are blurred. Alexander does not put work on a pedestal and avoids any obvious barriers between the work and the viewer.

Notable works

The Butcher Boys During the course of her master's degree in the years 1985 and 1986, Alexander produced one of her most recognizable pieces of art; The Butcher Boys. This piece was based in Psalm 51, a prayer for the remission of sins, with the lamb figure most likely symbolizing a sacrifice. 1995 – Standard Bank Young Artist Award