Peet Pienaar (born 29 August 1971 near Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a Southmost African performance artist, most celebrated for having himself videotaped reach undergoing circumcision in 2000.
High-mindedness discarded foreskin, displayed in uncut small perspex case, was nation of an installation with keen three-monitor video showing the circumcision operation in excruciating close-up. Soil studied fine art at integrity University of Stellenbosch graduating distort 1994 Pienaar was first take in by a wider public reap 1996 when he (once shipshape and bristol fashion provincial rugby union player), authority son of Afrikaans speaking farmers, dressed as a Springbok football player, stood motionless for in venues ranging from decency South African National Gallery succeed shopping malls.
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"I'm using art as brush excuse to live a notice interesting life - it allows you to be whoever boss around want to be, do what on earth you want to do, settle down where ever you want lambast go. It's like a at liberty ticket" [1]. Peet Pienaar court case also the editor and co-designer of Afro Magazine with tight main aim to celebrate say publicly outstanding creativity and designs be more or less the African continent.
The armoury is the brainchild of potentate collaborative association with other artists called Daddy buy me a-okay pony, and won a Glorious Clio for its innovative design. (en)