Lekau Matsena’s debut solo exhibition, Us and Them, consists of the artist’s mixed media artworks which comment on ideological structures built into society. In this body of work, Matsena unravels, questions and challenges the uncomfortable space of political, social and racial divisions created by politics and the media in South Africa. Matsena carefully attempts to visually communicate the behaviours and actions different people express towards the “other”. Through these artworks, Matsena reveals the injustice of politics and thinking which create the division between “us and them”.
Politics media social Other
Artist: Lekau Matsena
Gallery: Lizamore & Assoc., Johannesburg
Dates: 7 July 2017 – 22 July 2017
Website: https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/business-day/20170707/281840053697438
Pages: 12
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