Proposal:
My work in painting, sculptural objects and installation is rooted in my positionality as a Motswana artist working from a place of dislocation. The sphere of painting and its vast history can act as a stand-in for history and the world at-large. I use painting and sculptural installation to locate and build a space for myself in this history, as a subject and participant of the contemporary moment.
Biography:
Thebe Phetogo was born in 1993 in Serowe, Botswana and currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. He obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art with distinction at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town, South Africa in 2017 and will complete an MFA at the same institution in 2019. Phetogo has participated in several exhibitions in South Africa and Botswana including the 2016 Thapong Artist of the Year exhibition in Gaborone and 2016 ABSA L’Atelier Top 100 exhibition in Johannesburg. He is a member of the artist collective The Botswana Pavilion and participated in their group exhibitions ‘No Return’ at Gallery Momo Cape Town and ‘Subjective Nationhood’ at the Botswana National Museum and Gallery in 2019. Phetogo is a 2019 finalist for the Cassirer Welz Award.
Web site: http://instagram.com/thebephetogo/%20thebephetogo@gmail.com
WORKS:
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: Lowe (Male hill, Female hill), 2019 Medium: Shoe polish, collage and acrylic on canvas
Size: H:400 W:400 D: Edition: 0Price: R2200
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: blackbody (Black Allstar), 2019 Medium: Shoe polish, collage and acrylic on canvas
Size: H:255 W:200 D: Edition: 0Price: R1500
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: Lowe (The first tripartite), 2019 Medium: Oil, acrylic, shoe polish and wax on canvas
Size: H:900 W:850 D: Edition: 0Price: R5000
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: blackbody (Kgosikgolo), 2019 Medium: Shoe polish, collage and oil on canvas
Size: H:610 W:610 D: Edition: 0Price: R
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: blackbodies (Tshetlha aping Dr. Vom’s fervour), 2019 Medium: Shoe polish, collage and oil on canvas
Size: H:990 W:1200 D: Edition: 0Price: R6200
Artist: Thebe Phetogo Title: blackbody (Conspicuous fraud in Otjikaiva), 2019 Medium: Shoe polish, collage and acrylic on canvas
Size: H:350 W:400 D: Edition: 0Price: R1800