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Lebohang Motaung-Essence II

Essence II

Mary Sibande-Sophie With Her Strings of Elegance

Sophie With Her Strings of Elegance

Lebohang Motaung

Ke Gaba Ka Moqhaka Waka 2

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Frame None
Medium Screenprint
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 48.60 cm
Width 34.40 cm
Artist Lebohang Motaung
Year 2024

I am a printmaker and hairstylist. Plaiting hair has always been part of my life. Over the years this skill has developed from a means of earning income to an area of intense research and art practice. I am fascinated by the arrangements, patterns, colour and texture of African hair as interesting subject matter to explore. In my recent work, I focuses on the activity and process of ‘doing’ hair. Imagery of hybrid hairstyles are metaphors of the subconscious and conscious relationships between myself and my clients.

In my work, I use a wide range of mediums from linocut, etching, paper making and synthetic hair on paper. With my etchings I present the timeous and laborious process that I go through when plaiting hair. In my recent work, I makes portraits using hair. Hair can be a symbol of one’s identity it has the power to dictate how a person is seen. I use both human hair and synthetic hair to portray my subject matter.

 
 
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