▁limited ▁funds ▁in ▁acqu iring ▁his ▁works ▁as ▁" he ▁is ▁not ▁really ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁artist '" ▁[ and ] ▁" the ▁rev ival ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁his ▁works ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁sust ained ." ▁Be e zy ▁Ba iley , ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁artist , ▁controvers ial ▁for ▁exhib iting ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁of ▁a ▁black ▁African ▁woman , ▁says ▁T retch ik off ' s ▁ult imate ▁crime ▁was ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁post - war ▁working ▁classes : ▁" In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁the ▁whole ▁class ▁structure ▁[ in ▁Europe ▁and ▁America ] ▁was ▁as ▁powerful ▁as ▁the ▁apart heid ▁structure ▁in ▁our ▁country . ▁That ▁is ▁why ▁he ▁hasn ' t ▁been ▁emb rac ed ▁and ▁why ▁he ▁is ▁un co ol ▁– ▁his ▁art ▁was ▁not ▁sn ob by ▁art , ▁it ▁was ▁appreciated ▁by ▁the ▁masses ." ▁ ▁Release ▁The ▁independent ▁production ▁was ▁screen ed ▁to ▁national ▁aud ien ces ▁on ▁the ▁state ▁broad c aster , ▁S ABC ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Since ▁then ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁distributed ▁for ▁educational ▁purposes ▁by ▁the ▁Western ▁Cape ▁Provin cial ▁Library ▁Service ▁who ▁issued ▁a ▁V HS / D VD ▁version . ▁It ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁resource ▁for ▁art ▁students . ▁The ▁film ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁re bro ad cast , ▁most ▁recently ▁on ▁S ABC ▁ 2 ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1