"Death Trap"

• What is the title of Manfred Zylla's artwork created in 1985?

  Death Trap
• What style characterizes Manfred Zylla's artwork "Death Trap"?

  Naturalistic
• What medium and technique did Zylla use for "Death Trap"?

  Pencil drawing with careful rendering of forms in light and dark
• What are the main subjects and formal art elements depicted in "Death Trap"?

  • Top half: truck with distorted box filled with shooting policemen
  • Policemen are laughing and smirking, showing no remorse
  • Bottom half: wheels of the truck driving over images of human shadows representing victims
• What historical event does Zylla's artwork "Death Trap" reference?

  The Trojan Horse Massacre in October 1985
• What happened during the incident depicted in "Death Trap"?

  Police fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing three boys and injuring thirteen others
• Who was the youngest victim of the Trojan Horse Massacre?

  Michael Miranda, aged 11
• How does Zylla's artwork convey the message about the atrocities during Apartheid?

  By illustrating the perpetrators above and the victims below in a diptych format
• What formal art elements are used in "Death Trap" to create discomfort in the viewer?

  • Block-like image below the truck showing Michael Miranda's head
  • Scratchy mark making of the pencil
  • Diptych format distinguishing between perpetrators and victims
• What does the blocked image below the truck represent in "Death Trap"?

  A drawing of Michael Miranda with only his head visible
• What emotional response does Zylla aim to evoke in viewers through his use of scratchy mark making?

  A feeling of discomfort