Do not go far, they say, again

Kemang Wa Lehulere

Do not go far, they say, again, 2015Sign in to view price
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Material
suitcase, earth, grass, spray painted ceramic dogs
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This thought-provoking contemporary artwork features a black cat figurine seated atop an antique suitcase filled with lush grass. The composition plays with contrasts, juxtaposing the sleek, dark feline against the natural, verdant foliage contained within the weathered leather case. The artist likely intends to explore themes of displacement, nostalgia, and our complex relationships with the natural world. Through the unexpected pairing of these elements, the piece invites the viewer to consider the interplay between the domestic and the wild, the past and the present. ...

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Kemang Wa Lehulere
Artist
Kemang Wa Lehulere
B.1984, South African

Kemang Wa Lehulere’s practice engages with the past of South Africa, tracing the ways it still haunts the country’s current condition. Working with personal and collective histories and archives, the artist repeatedly employs found objects representing both individual and collective memory. Wooden, old-looking school desks or mass-produced ceramic sculptures of Alsatian dogs are at once familiar and alienating; a reminder from childhood also acting as a reminder of the complexity of social structures within the Apartheid regime of South Africa. Inspired by set design and theatre, Wa Lehulere’s drawings and ‘living sculptures’, comprising smudged chalk drawings on blackboards, sculptures made of grass and soil and wall etchings, further dwell on the processes of revision, juxtaposition and the malfunction of histories. By making history physical and personal, the artist contrasts liberation with repression and sharply connects the painful past with a painful present. ...

Kemang Wa Lehulere: Artworks
Forget me not
Do not go far, they say, again
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Do not go far, they say, again, 2015
My apologies to time, again 2
Kemang Wa Lehulere
My apologies to time, again 2, 2015
Do not go far, they say, again 3
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Do not go far, they say, again 3, 2015
Unfulfilled desire 1
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Unfulfilled desire 1, 2015
Do not go far, they say, again 2
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Do not go far, they say, again 2, 2015
My apologies to time, again
Kemang Wa Lehulere
My apologies to time, again, 2015
My apologies to time, again
Kemang Wa Lehulere
My apologies to time, again, 2017
56 x 77cm
The odds must be crazy
Kemang Wa Lehulere
The odds must be crazy, 2023
125 x 94.5cm
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