WE KNOW THIS
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‘WE KNOW THIS’ B A L E KA N E L E G OA B E / / M J T U R P I N The artists included in this selection both interrogate subjects that they appear to know intimately, but at the same time, feel separate from. MJ Turpin explores notions of privilege related to his identity, and engages in a visual ‘grapple’ with the power constructs that he knows his identity holds. Balekane Legoabe considers loneliness, depression and despair as an identifying contributor to her identity. Her work becomes a visual exploration thereof– an attempt to confront these aspects that she knows so deeply, but at the same time struggles to fully know. Both artists present the viewer with a visual debate of positionality in the world, determined by aspects both seemingly within, and outside of their control. The presentation of these bodies’ of work in a duo exhibition becomes then, a visual argument to explore that which the artist ‘knows’. There is a sarcasm in the title – ‘we know this’ – which NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
refers to both the artists’ acknowledgement/ acceptance whilst simultaneously containing a critical questioning of what is possibly not fully understandable, agreed with, condoned, or comforted. The work becomes a visual rhetoric, a type of inner dialogue projected outward in order to be engaged with… made visible to those that view it. Of course, rhetoric is a persuasive tool, and in this case, who is being persuaded? What role can the audience assume? In this case, the audience become mere witnesses to these arguments (critiques, negations, denials, acceptances, and considerations). The viewer remains a bystander to this dialogue laid bare… And as witness, the audience is not required to assist or resolve, but rather observe the struggle with ‘what we know’, simply acknowledging.
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BALEKANE LEGOABE
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BALEKANE LEGOABE
2 Friends Going for a Walk, 2019 Mixed medium on Fabriano 71 x 100,5cm R3 200
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BALEKANE LEGOABE A Rocket Ship, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 71 x 100,5cm R3 200 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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BALEKANE LEGOABE
Attempting to Find Softness in Hardness, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 110 x 80cm R11 900
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BALEKANE LEGOABE It’s Dark Inside, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 59 x 59cm R4 900 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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BALEKANE LEGOABE Monitor, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 32 x 47cm R4 200
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BALEKANE LEGOABE My Mind’s Eye, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 32 x 23cm R2 700
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BALEKANE LEGOABE Segemented, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 32 x 23cm R2 700
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There’s No Light Inside, 2019 Mixed medium on Fabriano 32 x 23cm R2 700
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You Can Be Broken as Long as You’re Productive, 2019 Mixed medium on Fabriano 47 x 32cm R4 200
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Physiological Carousel, 2019 Mixed medium on Fabriano 47 x 32cm R5 900 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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BALEKANE LEGOABE Post Shower, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 59 x 59cm R4 900 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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The Medicine Man, 2019
Mixed medium on Fabriano 110 x 80cm R11 900
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MJ TURPIN
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MJ TURPIN
Decapitated legacy I-III, 2019 Monotype
71 x 100,5cm R12 500 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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MJ TURPIN
A unique decapitated legacy I-III, 2019 Monotype and paint 71 x 100,5cm R25 000 NO EN D C o n t e m p o r a r y
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MJ TURPIN
Deconstructed self I-IV, 2019
Hand made canvas flag with thread detailing, spraypaint, custom steel stand, artist’s hand cast in concrete Dimensions variable R35 000
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