Queen Sonja of Norway today opened an exhibition entitled “Strengths and Convictions: The life and times of the South African Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” at the South African National Galley in the Company’s Gardens, Cape Town. The exhibition, which is curated by Gavin Jantjies, consists of portrait photographs, seven short documentary films and 98 contemporary works of art, set against the background of the laureate’s lives. I was touched when I saw George Hallett’s picture of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and my father, Dr Alex Boraine, talking together during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). They were chairperson and vice-chairperson of the TRC at the time.
More information available from the Nobel Peace Centre and Iziko Museums
Queen Sonja opens the exhibition
Marlene Dumas 'The Next Generation' (detail) 1994-1999
Willie Bester 'For Those Left Behind' 2003
Jackson Nkumando 'Inauguration' 1994
George Hallett 'TRC' series (detail)
