Art by Ingilosi

By Alexey Adonin. Alexey Adonin is a Jerusalem based abstract-surrealist artist. He graduated in 1993 from the State Art College named after A. Glebov (Minsk, Belarus), and in the same year, immigrated to Israel. In his creative endeavor, Alexey mostly strives to get away from banal copying of reality, preferring to create one of his own, which somehow reflects his inner world. He uses his art as a platform to express his profound ideas about reality, humanity, and their intertwined behaviours. Alexey’s works have been showcased locally and internationally and are held in private collections around the world. You can find his work on Facebook, Instagram or

Ingilosi

‘INGILOSI’ is a Zulu term that we use in my native language which simply means an Angel. According to the Christian faith an angel is known as a servant of God. INGILOSI is about being a faithful servant of Jesus too. This photo series is about void and exploring being holier than thou. It’s about expressing different aspects of being an angel and discovering different ways of being and seeing. I had the pleasure of photographing myself recently in my room as INGILOSI and exploring different aspects of being Holy in your comfortable place. But yet this series also ties into ISOLATION because as I was photographing myself in my room, I felt isolated in my own environmental space. The images also represent a creative approach to reinforcing the importance of self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. It was a wonderful process to document. It’s an extended way of myself exploring my own ideas of being an angel and my personal gender identity.

By Mpumelelo Buthelezi. Mpumelelo is a photographer born and bred in Soweto, South Africa.