{"id":70965,"date":"2017-08-20T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=70965"},"modified":"2017-08-21T15:37:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:37:40","slug":"a-town-in-introspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/08\/20\/a-town-in-introspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic content: A town in \u201cIntrospection\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But for Ad\u00e8le Gomes Ad\u00e3o, the artist who sculpted the controversial piece, her creation speaks to the heart of womanhood.<\/p>\n<p>With it she tackles a barrage of questions affecting women. Issues like maternal instincts and abortion is central to the sculpture&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/69493\/please-help-community-urged-assist-choosing-name-girlchild-refuse-bin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Please Help: Community urged to assist with choosing a name for girlchild in the refuse bin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apart from womanhood, the sculpture also raises questions on conception and sanctity of life.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second art piece inspired by baby Madison whose lifeless body was found dumped in a garden refuse bin shortly after birth on June 20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/55672\/video-shows-how-baby-was-dumped\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video shows how baby was dumped<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/55506\/warning-graphic-five-babies-dumped-in-less-than-two-months\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warning Graphic: Five babies dumped in less then two months<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last couple of years Middelburg has had a serious problem with baby abandonment.<br \/>\nDuring the last week of July and first week of August last year, no less than five babies were found dumped.<\/p>\n<p>Art is often created as commentary on social issues, like Ms Gomes Ad\u00e3o&#8217;s sculpture titled \u201cIntrospection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/54319\/police-finally-make-arrest-after-latest-discovery-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Police finally make arrest after latest discovery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/31971\/new-born-found-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">New born baby found dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Ms Gomes Ad\u00e3o&#8217;s motivation for the piece, get your cope of the latest\u00a0<i>Middelburg Observer<\/i>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sculpture depicting a pregnant woman sitting on a rubbish bin filled with bloody rags, hands raised to the heavens with foetuses dangling from her fingers on umbilical cords is not everyone&#8217;s idea of fine art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":70966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}