Khaya Sineyile Tycoon, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 115.5 x 114.5 cm R30,000
KHAYA SINEYILE | SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, DO NO EVIL 27.09 – 21.10.2017
With this body of work, his fourth solo exhibition, Sineyile takes
Khaya Sineyile is a primarily self-taught artist. Born in New
issue with the far-reaching effects of social inequality in South
Crossroads township in Nyanga, Cape Town, he attended the Arts
Africa. In his bold portraits, we see the problems faced by South
and Media Centre from 2004 to 2005 and was selected as a
Africans at both individual and familial levels. Using common
residency artist at Greatmore Studios in 2009. Sineyile also took
household objects in juxtaposition with his subjects, he gives a
part in an artist’s residency at the Souk Waqif Art Centre in Doha,
voice to the voiceless, creating discussion around issues often
Qatar, in 2016.
ignored.
Khaya Sineyile The Decision Maker, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm R40,000
Khaya Sineyile A Half Loaf is Better Than None, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 115 x 115.5 cm R30,000
Khaya Sineyile Sugar-Coated, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm R40,000
Khaya Sineyile Sana olungaliliyo lufela embelekweni, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 115 x 115 cm R30,000
Khaya Sineyile Xenophobia, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm R40,000
Khaya Sineyile Turn Off the Bullshit, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm R40,000
Khaya Sineyile Ukuza kukanxele (Waiting for something that will never happen), 2017 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm R40,000