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ALLEGORICAL ELEGIES II

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Diedericks’s work is allegorical in the sense that it draws on a rich repository of mythological signifiers from a number of sources – including Ancient Greek, Portuguese, South African, and Biblical symbols – in order to weave insightful observations and reflections on the nature of human existence. Importantly, Diedericks’s usage of allegory aligns with what American postmodernist art critic Craig Owens refers to as the ‘postmodern allegory’, defined by “a conviction of the remoteness of the past, and a desire to redeem it for the present”. What this means in a …