{"id":1490,"date":"2021-11-19T03:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T01:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/21-sivan-erlendsson-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T03:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T01:20:48","slug":"keiryn-oconnor-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/keiryn-oconnor-1\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Keiryn O&#8217;Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1490\" data-postid=\"1490\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1490 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_fyu5502\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row repeat tb_fyu5502 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keityn_header-1-1024x438.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"0\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keityn_header-2-1024x438.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"1\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n\t        <div class=\"row-slider-nav\">\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-prev\">&lsaquo;<\/a>\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-next\">&rsaquo;<\/a>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/.row-bgs -->\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_ee7z503 tf_box\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t        <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_q9vr503 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h3 class=\"fancy-heading tf_textl\">\n    <span  class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n\tSins of the Children: Confronting our Racist Present    <\/span>\n    <span class=\"sub-head tb_hide_divider  tf_block tf_rel\">\n\tKeiryn O'Connor    <\/span>\n\n    <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_jsle502\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_jsle502 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_f9sj505 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_xtyb505 drop-shadow circle  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1496\" title=\"Keiryn\" alt=\"Keiryn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_7lpj505 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module plain text -->\n<div data-lazy=\"1\"  class=\"module module-plain-text tb_wv6e505 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\" >\n\tSins of the Children: Confronting our Racist Present    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module plain text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xejx506  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by Keiryn O&#8217;Connor<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. This is the step that a lot of white people in South Africa have not yet taken. We have a problem that we haven\u2019t admitted to yet: we are racist. We have not defeated the racism that has lived in the minds, hearts and reality of our forefathers and we won\u2019t defeat it until we take a step back and acknowledge that our whiteness has been and will always be the problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sins of the children<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is the first step of my anti-racist work. Throughout my research I found that many white artists who criticised whiteness did not put themselves under scrutiny; a common theme with white people who believe that they are different from \u2018racist white people\u2019. What they fail to see is that there is racism that has been passed down through generations, even if they don\u2019t actively know that (myself included).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With influences from the past and present, this exhibition hopes to encourage a deeper reflection into the direction we are heading towards the future. The acts of the past still have impact in the present, influencing the unspoken effects of whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa. The ways in which we speak, think, look, and behave all continue to reinforce the power that whiteness holds over us.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_sqp9502\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_sqp9502 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_0pc6506 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_vyqt507 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"module-gallery-grid gallery-columns-4 tf_clear\">\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" 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tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9u8j507   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/#art\"><strong>RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sins of the Children: Confronting our Racist PresentKeiryn O&#8217;Connor Sins of the Children: Confronting our Racist Present by Keiryn O&#8217;Connor The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. This is the step that a lot of white people in South Africa have not yet taken. We have a problem that we [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h3>Sins of the Children: Confronting our Racist Present<br\/>Keiryn O'Connor<\/h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn.jpg\" title=\"Keiryn\" alt=\"Keiryn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Keiryn-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\nSins of the Children: Confronting our Racist Present\n<p>by Keiryn O'Connor<\/p> <p>The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. This is the step that a lot of white people in South Africa have not yet taken. We have a problem that we haven\u2019t admitted to yet: we are racist. We have not defeated the racism that has lived in the minds, hearts and reality of our forefathers and we won\u2019t defeat it until we take a step back and acknowledge that our whiteness has been and will always be the problem.\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Sins of the children<\/i>\u00a0is the first step of my anti-racist work. Throughout my research I found that many white artists who criticised whiteness did not put themselves under scrutiny; a common theme with white people who believe that they are different from \u2018racist white people\u2019. What they fail to see is that there is racism that has been passed down through generations, even if they don\u2019t actively know that (myself included).\u00a0<\/p> <p>With influences from the past and present, this exhibition hopes to encourage a deeper reflection into the direction we are heading towards the future. The acts of the past still have impact in the present, influencing the unspoken effects of whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa. 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