Johannesburg — "I realise I am not exactly an oil painting, but I believe that each human being is a work of art," says Bruce Gordon. And he should know, because someone has paid R52 000 to put the bar owner and former journalist on display as an artwork in the South African National Gallery in Cape Town.
Simply titled Bruce Gordon, the living artwork was sold earlier this month at an auction held for the benefit of the city's Michaelis School of Fine Art , and easily fetched the highest price. The R52 000 paid for the unsigned work was double that of the next highest sale - R26 000 for two photomontages by Jane Alexander - and outdid the R14 000 paid for "boxed works" by Pippa Skotnes.
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