Moshekwa Langa

Moshekwa Langa (born 1975) is a South African visual artist whose work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, video, and photography.[1]

Moshekwa Langa
Born1975
Bakenberg, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Alma materRijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten

Biography

Moshekwa Langa was born in South Africa in 1975. He began studying art history around the age of 15, which made him want to become an artist. Some time after high school, he came to view making art as an opportunity to become part of an "ongoing story."[2] He studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (the State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam.[3]

Career

Langa has said about his work, "If I had to explain what I do to someone, I would say I make kind of dreamscapes…I try to record aspects of waking and sleeping time."[4] One critic said his work "has interrogated land and public and personal politics through the mapping of territory and cultural environments."[5]

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

References
  1. Haye, Christian. "On Moshekwa Langa". Revista Atlantica. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Moshekwa Langa at Fondation Louis Vuitton". YouTube. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. "MOSHEKWA LANGA". Stevenson. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. "Relatives". Wall Street International Magazine. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. "Moshekwa Langa: Fugitive". Contemporary And. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. "COUNTERPOINTS / MOSHEKWA LANGA: MOGALAKWENA". University of Illinois. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. Moloi, Nkgopoleng (13 December 2019). "Dust, beauty and geography combine in Moshekwa Langa's Tropic of Capricorn". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  8. "Moshekwa Langa". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  9. "Artist Interview: Moshekwa Langa". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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