EXPRESSIONS
2016

AUGUST HOUSE STUDIOS
76 End St, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2028
JANUARY, 2016.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
ART RATIONALE
The Expressions series unveils our innate longing to be seen, felt, understood, and fully integrated into the fabric of society, where our energies find a meaningful place within societal hierarchies. We yearn to break free from feelings of containment, isolation, and limitation, desiring to lead lives that embody our true personalities.
When our presence is overlooked, we risk the temptation of adopting compensatory artifices and theatrics in a desperate bid for attention. Although we yearn for an engaged life and genuine appreciation for our contributions to the collective, we intuitively understand that true status arises from abundantly giving real value to the group, surpassing the efforts of many others. Perceiving ourselves as having less to offer, we feign our disposition and disguise our disconcerting sense of nothingness and futility. We yearn to feel needed and indispensable, as it is the feeling of our significant contribution that grants us satisfaction.
The artist illuminates our fear of residing on the peripheries of social recognition. They capture the relentless struggle to break free from the darkness that confines us to a state of obscurity and outlines our desire to find our place in the splendid realm of heightened status and social acknowledgment. It is within this luminous space that our souls are invigorated and infused with a vitality that permeates our entire being.
By manifesting our latent potential in tangible ways within society, we carve out our place within the complex hierarchy, expressing our value in ways that leave an indelible mark on its collective consciousness.