She is a form of art, her work is poetry
By Coco
BREAKING NEWS
THIS JUST IN -
The Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, is presented annually in collaboration with the Association Of Arts Pretoria and is the longest running art competition in South Africa. Now in its 51st year and sponsored by Sasol for 29 years has nurtured emerging artists and still continues to do so.
This prestigious competition has attracted thousands of entries all across our beloved country and produced the finest artists in their hundreds as finalists, many of whom have gone on to make their mark (I pray it’s eternal) on the local and international art scene. On Wednesday 29 August the winner will be crowned along with the runner up and five merit award for 2018 will be announced.
Last year, Lebohang Kganye was placed first (overall) and received R100 000 in prize money and the opportunity to hold her first solo exhibition. A heart felt exhibition titled Mohlokomedi wa Tora (Lighthouse Keeper), will run in conjunction with the 2018 Sasol New Signatures exhibition from the 30th August until 7th October 2018.
The body of work expands her artistic visual vocabulary, rooted in traditional photography, to include sculptural elements and a spinning a light for the life-size installation. Mohlokomedi wa Tora draws attention draws attention to the notion of family and how the influence of personal and political bias results in dynastic mythologies.
Furthermore, it constantly moves to create uninterrupted images and has four points of entry representing branches of the artist’s family, whilst the spinning light feature on top of a table mimics a traditional photocopier light which “scans” the surroundings and immerses the intruding audience in light. This table symbolises year of shared familial experiences and echoes the scene in Vincent van Gogh’s Potato Eaters (1885).
The work also reveals or sheds light on the living conditions experienced by people in townships and the resulting forced intimacies. The constant notion of the installation and the audience talks to migration , the creation as well as destruction of family, desire to escape the shadows of poverty but ironically becoming another shadow at the same time.
Message to the artist: May you live long and prosper.
Signed: Child Of Coco
BREAKING NEWS
THIS JUST IN -
The Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, is presented annually in collaboration with the Association Of Arts Pretoria and is the longest running art competition in South Africa. Now in its 51st year and sponsored by Sasol for 29 years has nurtured emerging artists and still continues to do so.
This prestigious competition has attracted thousands of entries all across our beloved country and produced the finest artists in their hundreds as finalists, many of whom have gone on to make their mark (I pray it’s eternal) on the local and international art scene. On Wednesday 29 August the winner will be crowned along with the runner up and five merit award for 2018 will be announced.
Last year, Lebohang Kganye was placed first (overall) and received R100 000 in prize money and the opportunity to hold her first solo exhibition. A heart felt exhibition titled Mohlokomedi wa Tora (Lighthouse Keeper), will run in conjunction with the 2018 Sasol New Signatures exhibition from the 30th August until 7th October 2018.
The body of work expands her artistic visual vocabulary, rooted in traditional photography, to include sculptural elements and a spinning a light for the life-size installation. Mohlokomedi wa Tora draws attention draws attention to the notion of family and how the influence of personal and political bias results in dynastic mythologies.
Furthermore, it constantly moves to create uninterrupted images and has four points of entry representing branches of the artist’s family, whilst the spinning light feature on top of a table mimics a traditional photocopier light which “scans” the surroundings and immerses the intruding audience in light. This table symbolises year of shared familial experiences and echoes the scene in Vincent van Gogh’s Potato Eaters (1885).
The work also reveals or sheds light on the living conditions experienced by people in townships and the resulting forced intimacies. The constant notion of the installation and the audience talks to migration , the creation as well as destruction of family, desire to escape the shadows of poverty but ironically becoming another shadow at the same time.
Message to the artist: May you live long and prosper.
Signed: Child Of Coco
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