Works by leading photographers go on auction by Stephan Welz & Co in Cape Town Tuesday and Wednesday to aid Young in Prison SA (YiPSA), a group that uses art therapy to help offenders to rebuild their lives in correctional centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
YiPSA director Khethiwe Cele describes art therapy as a great way for youth to reconnect with their humanness and build skills for expressing their emotions.
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Notable among the pictures is a Paul Weinberg 'Moving Spirit, Early Morning Baptism', captured on a Durban beach and reflects SA's cultural and religious diversity.
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With an estimated price of R9000 to R18000, the work is a silver gelatin print, signed and inscribed with the title.
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Estimated prices of the other eight prints are between R5000 and R8000.
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The auction is at The Great Cellar, Alphen Estate, Constantia.
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