Lawrence Lemaoana

NEWS: Lawrence Lemaoana currently has work being shown as part of Ampersand at Daimler Contemporary, Berlin (10 June - 10 October). His work can also been seen on TXT at the James Harris Gallery, Seattle (1 July - 20 August) and PEEKABOO: Current South Africa at the Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki (19 August - 16 January 2011).

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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My work was initially started with a very keen interest in the sport of rugby. Rugby, as is in the traditions of South Africa, is a predominantly played by 'white males'. My experience was not entirely positive on the rugby field and within its politics. The 'experience' led me to investigate myself as a Black male entering and 'trespassing' into a domain that has already being "enculturated" by white males. This, further, prompted me to investigate in my work the idea of masculinity itself. In the work I use stage, construct scenes that address ideas of idealism. I create, using Photoshop, collages that speak of a contemporary African masculinity. I attempt to unseat certainty into things that are certain.

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