Senzo Shabangu, Amandla! at David Krut Projects, Arts on Main

Senzo Shabangu‘s exhibition Amandla! opens at David Krut Projects, Arts on Main on 26 August, 2012. Amandla! comprises linocuts and monotypes created while the artist was in residence at David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) during June and July 2012.

“My artistic practice reflects on power and it’s many forms and facets, particularly in the context of Johannesburg, a city that is growing and expanding in unprecedented ways. It inspires me to see how challenging, and, at the same time, provocative the city/ the world we live in is and how having money and power both enables and drives the city of Johannesburg.

This body of work was inspired by social context, the environment I live in, colour, fear, illusion, natural law, political power and pressure. These ideas have led me to explore the imagery of the “puppets masters”, where the city becomes the theatre set where the drama unfolds, as the master controls his puppets. I don’t know what you think of this, perhaps I got the wrong idea? But I love the idea that the city becomes a theatre, The medium of printmaking linocut and monotypes allows me to explore the pressure of living in Johannesburg, by echoing these ideas around pressure in the medium itself.

 

For more information about the exhibition, click here.

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