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iSenzo Sak'dala: indlela ibuzwa kwaba phambili

iSenzo Sak'dala:
indlela ibuzwa kwaba phambili

Cape Town, South Africa
20.06.2024 — 20.07.2024
In collaboration with RESERVOIR
Curated by Lebo Kekana
Bulumko Mbete
Dada Khanyisa
Seretse Moletsane
Luis M. S. Santos
Thami Kiti
Treasure Mlima
Atang Tshikare
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba

This Ancient Act (Le Senzo Sak'dala) By Lebo Kekana

This ancient act It connects me to the wood — to this gift from the soil It brings my focus to its fibres, and how they almost match my own It seems to prompt me, to know more than I see To outstretch my hand — to feel intuitively

Through this ancient act We borrow from one another Forming relics of our encounters A constant reckoning with the earth As we tear, tend, mend, till, build, transmute and uproot

For this ancient act My forbears would say a prayer Grateful for an enabling substrate of imagination With intention and care, an organic geometry emerges And from the earth, the walls of our homes encircle

I yearn for this ancient act For my relationship with you was interrupted Your teachings replaced and progress encumbered Your motives disgraced My ties to you severed

Yet this ancient act It seems to hold time Creating a connection to periods outside my own existence Making time less finite And making its boundaries less clearly defined

Rooted now in this ancient act We reintroduce ourselves, and make our return Back to the ground from which we were formed Seeking newness from what we once knew With a collective spirit, creating a context and culture anew

Setlhare Se Sekaka
Atang Tshikare
Setlhare Se Sekaka
Stone, bronze, wood and tourmaline
100 x 101 x 130 cm
2020
Air Force
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba
Air Force
Archival pigment ink on FS True Rag Etching 310gsm
67 x 49 cm
2024
Mars
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba
Mars
Archival pigment ink on FS True Rag Etching 310gsm
67 x 49 cm
2024
Neptune
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba
Neptune
Archival pigment ink on FS True Rag Etching 310gsm
61 x 49 cm
2024
Ontdekkers van die Selakant
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba
Ontdekkers van die Selakant
Archival pigment ink on FS True Rag Etching 310gsm
64 x 49 cm
2024
Untitled
Ben Stanwix & Xhanti Zwelendaba
Untitled
Ear tags (plastic & steel) on cured cow hide
89 x 130 cm
2024
Hemisphere I
Bulumko Mbete
Hemisphere I
Onion skin dye and beads on silk
95 x 62.5 cm
2023
Hemisphere II
Bulumko Mbete
Hemisphere II
Onion skin dye and beads on silk
95 x 62.5 cm
2023
uBab’omncane eThekwin ngo 87
Dada Khanyisa
uBab’omncane eThekwin ngo 87
Walnut, Jelutong, Kiaat, Greenheart, Mdf and Pine wood on painted canvas and pine ply wood
72 x 63 x 10 cm
2024
Bite your tongue
Luis M. S. Santos
Bite your tongue
Afzelia wood, steel rod, concrete and iron sheet
40 x 25 x 65 cm
2020
On the soles of my feet
Luis M. S. Santos
On the soles of my feet
Marula wood, straw, ceramic
80 x 45 x 86 cm
2019
Kgoro
Seretse Moletsane
Kgoro
Soil rain water, cow dung and marela
100 x 101 cm
2023
Lessons
Seretse Moletsane
Lessons
Soil rain water, cow dung and marela
40 x 40 cm
2022
Re Lemile, Re Emetse Pula
Seretse Moletsane
Re Lemile, Re Emetse Pula
Soil rain water, cow dung and marela
40 x 40 cm
2022
Ibhokwe Emaweni - anniKo he zithath amasik ne zithethe
Thami Kiti
Ibhokwe Emaweni - anniKo he zithath amasik ne zithethe
Yellow wood and Imbuia wood
86 x 28 x 27.5 cm
2024
Intethe Iyathaka Phaya Phezulu
Thami Kiti
Intethe Iyathaka Phaya Phezulu
Imbuia and Kiaat wood
97 x 32 x 31.5 cm
2024
Njinji Intake Yasemanzini - Lulwaluko
Thami Kiti
Njinji Intake Yasemanzini - Lulwaluko
Red oak, Imbuia, Pine, Meranti and Yellow wood
114.5 x 27 x 27.5 cm
2024
Unoqanza Intaka Enqatosini - Nomahamle
Thami Kiti
Unoqanza Intaka Enqatosini - Nomahamle
Found wood by the sea, Yellow wood and Obeche wood
109.5 x 24 x 24 cm
2024
Beyond the Physical
Treasure Mlima
Beyond the Physical
Oil-based ink and Acrylic paint on 3mm Supawood Carving
137 x 45 cm
2023
Fruits of the Spirits
Treasure Mlima
Fruits of the Spirits
Oil-based ink and Acrylic paint on 6mm Supawood Carving
68.5 x 101.5 cm
2024

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