Kemang Wa Lehulere

Do not go far, they say, again, 2015Price on Request

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suitcase, earth, grass, spray painted ceramic dogsblank projectsCape Town

Description

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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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Artist

Kemang Wa Lehulere

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

Kemang Wa LehulereForget me not, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereDo not go far, they say, again, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereMy apologies to time, again 2, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereDo not go far, they say, again 3, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereUnfulfilled desire 1, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereDo not go far, they say, again 2, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereMy apologies to time, again, 2015Price on Request

Kemang Wa LehulereMy apologies to time, again, 2017750 GBP

Gallery

blank projects

Cape Town

Based in a 360 sqm gallery in Woodstock, Cape Town, blank was founded by Jonathan Garnham as a project space in 2005 and transitioned into a commercial gallery during 2012. The gallery represents emerging and increasingly established artists from the region in a critically engaged programme that emphasises contemporaneity, with a focus on concept and abstraction in the African context. With an exhibition programme that has a reputation for shaping the discourse around contemporary art in South(ern) Africa, and participation in prominent local and international art fairs, we seek to place our artists' work in a wide range of private and institutional collections. In addition, blank continues to promote the visual arts in our community through ongoing projects that support the sector. ...