Lebohang Kganye @ Foam

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Lebohang Kganye @ Foam

February 5th, 2023 by fstop

“Mohlokomedi wa Tora”, Scene 2, 2018 (detail) © Lebohang Kganye.

Lebohang Kganye: Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home
17 February – 21 May 2023

“The artistic practice of Lebohang Kganye, who lives and works in Johannesburg, is focused on exploring the personal and collective ‘micro histories’ of her family. It is embedded in the wider history of South Africa from before, during, and in the aftermath of apartheid and colonialism. Her work is largely informed by oral narratives and texts — she collects stories about the impact of apartheid on her family along with plots from South African literature. Words are translated into a ‘play’ or theatrical scripts, and images, sourced from vernacular albums or produced by the artist, are turned into settings, silhouettes, cut-outs, puppets, shadows or even ghosts that fill the imaginative space between words. Kganye is interested in the dynamics between memory and fantasy that photography and storytelling jointly create. The constructed nature of both images and words allows her to bridge gaps in (collective) memory. Effortlessly moving within the sphere of possibilities, Kganye develops methods of decolonizing the medium of photography and South African cultural heritage.”

Foam
1017 DS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.foam.org

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Type: Exhibition

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