Brett Murray (born 1961 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African artist mostly known for his steel and mixed media wall sculptures. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ... Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

Murray has a master's degree in fine art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... The University of Cape Town, abbreviated as UCT, is a public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devils Peak, in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. ...

Referred to by critic Brenda Atkinson as "the dark prince of South African pop (art)", Brett Murray is one of the country's most popular artists, often using easily reconisable media images with the addition of a subversive and bitterly funny twist [1].

Murray's work addresses the wars of the cultures, the clash between Afrocentrism and Eurocentrism, the old and the new South Africas. With my work I hope to critically entertain. Through satirical and tragic reflections on South Africa, I hope to shift people's perspectives and change people's minds, indulgent, arrogant and pretentious as this might sound [2]. For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ... Afrocentrism is an academic, historical approach to the study of world history introduced by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante. ... Eurocentrism is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing emphasis on European (and, generally, Western) concerns, culture and values at the expense of those of other cultures. ...

External links

• http://www.rosekorberart.com/bmurray/index.html
• http://www.artthrob.co.za/sept98/artbio.htm