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A SCULPTURAL SYMPHONY presents a selection of work which shows how sculpture in South Africa has changed during the 21st century. Almost none of the works look like a sculpture – in the sense of a triumphant monument, a classical figuration – and very few were made using traditional sculptural materials such as bronze, plaster or wood. Instead, the artists are combining a variety of media and appropriating objects from everyday life, changing their size, colour, or material to bring about their transformation. The freedom with which contemporary artists nowadays are constantly challenging and …