Current Projects

Taxi Hand Sign 2010 Stamp and Booklet

After years of preparation, 2010 is heralds the launch of Susan Woolf's sighted taxi hand sign booklet. Her rendition of the taxi hand signs, unique to South Africa, also feature on the 2010 South African National commemorative stamps and envelopes and they will be launched together on 29 January 2010 at the Standard Bank Art Gallery.

The research involved correlating taxi destinations and their corresponding hand signs, which had never before been documented in South Africa. These were then rendered into colourful fine art by the artist.

Taxi Hand Signs

After two years research, Woolf has published a unique booklet on Taxi Hand Signs for both blind and sighted people and is currently working on this as a major arts project for a PhD in Anthropology and Art at Wits University. The Art in Practice includes an art exhibition on that subject in Johannesburg 2010.