African-born artists are making their mark on the international arts scene. Here are a few to watch reports Medeine Tribinevicius- and of the 5 listed, 3 have Cape Town connections.
Carla Liesching
Hailing from Cape Town and raised in the Eastern Cape, Liesching now lives and works in New York. A photographer and multimedia artist, her work examines human relationships to structure, in particular ideological shifts in geographic narratives. She is represented by Cape Town gallery Brundyn+Gonsalves and her most recent work includes a series of staged environmental portraits.
www.carlaliesching.com/
Robin Rhode
This Cape Town-born, Berlin-based artist is known for an interdisciplinary approach in his work. Educated in filmmaking as well as fine arts, his earlier works involved creating performances based on his own drawings, a practice that has evolved to include photography sequences and digital animations. Rhode visits South Africa often, working in the streets of Jo’burg. Represented by Lehmann Maupin (New York) and White Cube (London), he is an international artist on the move.
www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/robin-rhode
Ledelle Moe
This Durban-born South African sculptor has lived and worked in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States since 1994, teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Moe’s large-scale concrete and steel sculptures of human and animal figures, often exploring the relationship between form and decay, have recently been exhibited in Brooklyn, New York; Salzburg, Austria; and at the Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park in Johannesburg. After over 20 years abroad Moe recently relocated to Cape Town, so look for more of her work on display in South Africa soon.
www.ledellemoe.com
via Mail & Guardian
