I know what a closed fist means

Lerato Shadi

I know what a closed fist means, 2020Sign in to view price
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photographic print on board; height floor to ceilingblank projects
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This striking contemporary art installation features a series of larger-than-life disembodied hands raised in a powerful, defiant gesture. The hands, rendered in a pale pink hue, are prominently displayed against a stark white backdrop, creating a visually compelling contrast. The repeated, symmetrical composition and the uniform positioning of the hands suggest a sense of unity and collective action. The artist's choice of this symbolic motif, paired with the monumental scale, invites the viewer to contemplate the themes of solidarity, resistance, and the human capacity for activism and social change. ...

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Lerato Shadi
Artist
Lerato Shadi
South African

Lerato Shadi’s work challenges common assumptions to critique Western notions of history and make visible that which is invisible or overlooked. Working across video, performance and installation, and often employing repetitive processes, she argues the importance of centering - not just including - the marginalised body as a main figure of narrative experience. By placing herself at the forefront of her work, Shadi deals with the politics of cultural erasure and structural exclusion. She states: “It serves to challenge myself, and hopefully my audience as well, in how I/we are complicit in the violence of historical erasure by not fighting for a more inclusive and accurate historical narrative. I realised that – by just blindly or lazily accepting an inaccurate history – I would be sanctioning the problematic dominant narrative with my own inactivity.” ...

Lerato Shadi: Artworks
I know what a closed fist means
Lerato Shadi
I know what a closed fist means, 2020
Batho Ba Ha Ba Tlhaloganye
Lerato Shadi
Batho Ba Ha Ba Tlhaloganye, 2019
Batho ba me
Mabogo Dinku
Mosako Wa Nako I
Lerato Shadi
Mosako Wa Nako I, 2014
Moremogolo (Go Betlwa Wa Taola)
Lerato Shadi
Moremogolo (Go Betlwa Wa Taola), 2016
50 x 70cm
Series #1
Lerato Shadi
Series #1, 2020
61 x 59cm
Series #2
Lerato Shadi
Series #2, 2020
270 x 85cm
blank projects
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. ...

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