Lerato Shadi

Moremogolo (Go Betlwa Wa Taola), 201650 x 70cmPrice on Request

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

archival pigment print (hahnemühle photo rag on alu-dibond)blank projectsCape Town

Description

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This striking portrait captures a person wearing a dark green sweater and holding a bright red object, likely a microphone, close to their face. The background is a mottled, weathered wall that adds texture and context to the image. The use of bold colors, the subject's intense gaze, and the overall framing create a powerful, emotive composition that speaks to the individual's strong presence and artistic expression. This work seems to explore themes of identity, performance, and the relationship between the individual and their surroundings. ...

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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

Lerato ShadiI know what a closed fist means, 2020Price on Request

Lerato ShadiBatho Ba Ha Ba Tlhaloganye, 2019Price on Request

Lerato ShadiBatho ba me, 2020Price on Request

Lerato ShadiMabogo Dinku, 2019Price on Request

Lerato ShadiMosako Wa Nako I, 2014Price on Request

Lerato ShadiMatsogo, 2016Price on Request

Lerato ShadiMoremogolo (Go Betlwa Wa Taola), 2016Price on Request

Lerato ShadiTlhogo, 2010Price on Request

Lerato ShadiSeries #1, 2020Price on Request

Lerato ShadiSeries #2, 2020Price on Request

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. ...