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The agency of artworks
from Encounters
Artworks connect artists, curators and viewers in the field of exhibition. Artworks are agents of social change because they affect social interactions, and help to shape ideas, attitudes and values. As the product of artist’s work, the artwork makes the artist, as much as the artist makes the work. Artworks communicate the artist’s ideas to the audience. The audience reveals their thinking, attitudes and values when sharing their interpretations of works of art.
Let’s reflect
Read the text that Fildah Mabhiza wrote to accompany Medicine for love (1998). What do you think the message of this artwork might be?
