Abstract
The Mundane and the Magical, a sculpture by contemporary South African artist Usha Seejarim, was installed outside the Radisson Red Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, in 2021. Five meters in height, the sculpture consists of two giant red wings constituted from the soleplates of domestic irons. In an interview on May 7, 2024, at her studio, Seejarim discussed the work’s development as well as the choice and treatment of its subject matter with Public Art Dialogue coeditor Brenda Schmahmann. Focusing on the domestic realm, a topic that had been the artist’s central focus since her exhibition Venus at Home (2012), The Mundane and the Magical was also particularly apt in the context of COVID-19, when the oppressiveness of home was often experienced with increased intensity.
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