Reinhard Giezing (Johannesburg)

2025 Sasol New Signatures Finalist

This is not a toy

Paper and leather

20 cm x 12 cm x 2 cm (folded)

20 cm x 12 cm x 70 cm (unfolded)

Artist’s Statement

How beautiful would the world be if you could hand a weapon to a child, and they could play with it without fear of injury? What if the concept of weapons didn’t even exist? Is it not peaceful to hold a weapon, and the violence is so far removed that the first thought is the want and need to play with the object? Brass Knuckles, a weapon of intimate violence, now a playful, moving, book.

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