Nelson Mandela Sculpture – South Africa

 

 

It consists of 50 ten-meter high laser-cut steel plates set into the landscape, representing the 50^th  year anniversary of when and where Nelson Mandela was captured and arrested, on August 6^th 1962, prior to his 27 years of incarceration !!!

Standing at a particular point, columns come into focus and the image of Nelson Mandela can be seen.

The sculptor is Marco Cianfanelli, of Johannesburg, who studied Fine Arts at Wits.