UCT Works of Art Collection

Katz’s Grondherinnering reflects on the artist’s memories of childhood games. In one of the video's frames we see the artist wash her feet with the red soil of the Northern Cape, the area from which she originates, which for Katz is a way of "reminding myself where I come from". There is a sense of nostalgia in the work with Katz attempting to preserve her own personal history through the portrayal of these memories.

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Born in Kimberley, South Africa, Bronwyn Katz lives and works in Johannesburg. Incorporating sculpture, installation, video and performance, Katz’s practice engages with the concept of land as a repository of memory, reflecting on the notion of place or space as lived experience, and the ability of the land to remember and communicate the memory of its occupation. Katz has held four solo exhibitions to date, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. She was recently awarded the prestigious FNB Art Prize for 2019. She is a founding member of iQhiya, an 11-women artist collective which has performed across various spaces, including documenta in Germany and Greece.

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