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Thabiso Sekgala || Bôna

25 January - 29 February 2020
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

Goodman Gallery Johannesburg 25 January – 29 February 2020

Goodman Gallery is pleased to present Bôna, a selection of work from several photo essays by Thabiso Sekgala which explore how social borders determine visibility in society.

The exhibition’s title, Bôna, is a Sesotho word with a double meaning. As a verb, Bôna means to “see”. When used as a pronoun, the word translates to “them”. Sekgala’s photographs evoke this title through the responses they elicit from the subjects in the work and in turn us, the viewers.

Artworks

Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Image: 70 x 70 cm
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Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Image: 70 x 70 cm
Unavailable
Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Image: 70 x 70 cm
Unavailable
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Image: 70 x 70 cm
Unavailable
Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Colour photograph on fibre paper
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Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Inkjet fibra print
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Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fiber paper
Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
70 x 70 cm
Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
70 x 70 cm
Dibond-mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
70 x 70 cm
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Color photograph on fibre paper
Unavailable
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper
Dibond mounted inkjet print on archival fibre paper

About

Thabiso Sekgala image

Thabiso Sekgala

Thabiso Sekgala (b. 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a photographer whose work explored themes of abandonment, memory, spatial politics and concept of home.

‘In photography I am inspired by looking at human experience whether lived or imagined,’ Sekgala once expressed. ‘Images capture our history and who we are, our presence and absence. Growing up in both rural and urban South Africa influences my work. The dualities of these both environments inform the stories I am telling through my photographs, by engaging issues around land, peoples’ movement, identity and the notion of home.’

Sekgala held solo exhibitions in South Africa and Europe and exhibited in group shows internationally, including Les Rencontres D’Arles, LagosPhoto Festival and Bamako Biennale. In 2013 he had residencies in both the Kunsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin, and at HIWAR/Durant Al Funun, Jordan.

He studied at Johannesburg’s Market Photo Workshop from 2007 to 2008 and was awarded the Tierney Fellowship in 2010.

Sekgala died in Johannesburg in 2014.

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