Peet Pienaar
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'''Peet Pienaar''' (born [[29 August]] [[1971]] near [[Potchefstroom]], [[South Africa]]) is a [[South African]] [[performance artist]], most famous for having himself [[video]]taped while undergoing [[circumcision]] in 2000. The discarded [[foreskin]], displayed in a small [[perspex]] case, was part of an installation with a three-monitor video showing the circumcision operation in excruciating close-up.
He studied [[fine art]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] graduating in 1993.
Pienaar was first noticed by a wider public in 1996 when he (once a provincial [[rugby union]] player), the son of [[Afrikaans]] speaking farmers, dressed as a [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springbok rugby player]], stood motionless for hours in venues ranging from the [[South African National Gallery]] to shopping malls.
[[Rugby union]] is the national obsession among many white, mostly [[Afrikaans]] speaking [[South Africans]], and Pienaar wanted on to explore the [[Homoeroticism|homoerotic]] aspect of the myths and [[hero|hero-worship]] with which players are treated, and the constructs which define [[masculinity]] in a [[patriarchal]] society.
"''I'm using art as an excuse to live a very interesting life - it allows you to be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do, go where ever you want to go. It's like a free ticket''" [http://www.artthrob.co.za/00dec/artbio.html].
Peet Pienaar is also the [[editing|editor]] and co-designer of '''Afro Magazine''' with its main aim to celebrate the outstanding creativity and designs of the [[African]] continent. The magazine is the brainchild of his collaborative association with other artists called ''Daddy buy me a pony'', and won a [[Clio Awards|Golden Clio]] for its innovative design.
== References ==
*[http://www.artthrob.co.za/00dec/artbio.html Artthrob.co.za]
*[http://www.jhblive.co.za/live/publications_view.jsp?pub_id=46551 Jhblive.co.za]
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