Winter 2019 Gallery
Selections from the artworks uploaded on Emergent Art Space in the Winter 2019
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This work is allegorical of John 3:8. Amidst the plenteous harvest with yet a few labourers here in Polokwane, of South Africa, it boldly affirms that the movement and operation of the Spirit of God is not less perceptible in the renewal of man than the motion of the air in this earthly and outward life. Yes, the wind blows wherever it lists, maybe like a readily raised fist, but the manner of it is concealed. Therefore, we would seem the negative of the emotion of which I have chosen to portray through these two lads, that is; ungrateful and malicious, if we do not adore the inconceivable power of God in the heavenly, of which we behold so striking an exhibition meanwhile in this world.
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A war creates inner conflict within us. Could a young woman be driven by her injuries to put a bullet belt on her shoulder?
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The phallic violence around disturbs me and more when I counter the fact that sexual desire is a part of my being also.
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Every human being is in charge of their own destiny. We have the ability to become whoever we want to be. This artwork is about a realization of a person's belief about their own worth and value.
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Thinking outside the box is opening up your mind to unlimited ideas. This means thinking creatively, freely and brainstorming on something and look at it from a new perspective.
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Exploring the role of Christianity in mental and political oppression in colonialism. Supported with video material challenging the western representation of God. I aimed to create a satirical image mimicking a sort of ‘Mother Mary and Baby Jesus’ as we would see in western religious culture. The project aims to question African church culture which more often than not, is just a copy of western churches. Have we, black Africans, accepted white Jesus as our own, or are we still on the search for black Jesus?
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Exploring the emotional violence towards women perpetuated by the media. I wanted to present the woman as an object being both on a pedestal and in a prison. Expectations of how a woman can look turns in self-doubt and self- deprecation (violence towards self), which changes how we treat our children and how we expect other women to look. We become judgmental and subconsciously continue to perpetuate the message from the media (violence towards others). The circle represents this continuous cycle
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I want to show the landscape in tiers, just use the elements which attract me.
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The INSIDE OUTSIDE series is being developed with these kinds of works. Dealing with different kind of spaces allows me to arrange or rearrange sometime various spaces. Here space means not only the space of interior or outdoor space but also I mean object as space. In this work, multiple space handling is the prime concern for me by re-establishing or rearranging them as a mode of space. This painting also carries the essence of inside-outside where the viewer can move from outside to inside and the same time inside to outside as well.
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Taken from the series INSIDE OUTSIDE. Based on mixed media experimental drawing on paper. Different type of materials allows me to build different kind of spaces. By the help of applying colors through various ways like adding, removing, dripping, rubbing, scratching and layering with various materials such as acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel etc. are essential part of my work. Through this process of making work, I involve with the work process in a more physical way.
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A description of people who live outside the main centres, outside of the centres of knowledge, outside the worlds of normality, where people are often lost and forgotten in relation to their aspirations and their lived architectures.
