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London 2014

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Lemaoana, LawrenceAFRONOVA GALLERY

Born 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Lawrence Lemaoana, Fools multiply when Wise Men are Silent, 2019, Embroideries on Kanga, 157 x 117 cm. Courtesy AFRONOVA GALLERY  

Lawrence Lemaoana is a Johannesburg-based artist, producing graphic fabric works that critically engage with mass media in present-day South Africa. Seeing the relationship between media and the ‘people’ as inherently problematic, he identifies and repurposes existing control apparatuses using his trademark cynicism. Lemaoana’s embroidered works are emblazoned with appropriated political dictums woven in kanga fabric – a material with its own complex ancestry. Here, Lemaoana wages criticism on the agency of local media, and its ability to shape social consciousness: the result turns didactic and propagandistic tools on their head. Lemaoana’s recent exhibitions include Tous, les sang-mêlés, Musée d’art Contemporain du Val de Marne (MAC/VAL), Vitry-sur-Seine (2017); Le Jour qui vient, Galerie des Galeries, Paris (2017); Art/Afrique, le nouvel atelier, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2017) and The Art of Disruptions, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2016).

Selected Artists

Okpu-Egbe, Adjani

Zangewa, Billie

Terjuman, Houda

Onditi, Paul

Lemaoana, Lawrence

Melvin Edwards

Kossentini, Nicène

Ndiaye, Cheikh

Artists 2014

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Afi Nayo
    • Agbodjelou, Leonce Raphael
    • Amadou Camara Gueye
    • Amahiguéré Dolo
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Arlene Wandera
    • Armen Agop
    • Ataa Oko
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barthélemy Toguo
    • Bondo, Vitshois Mwilambwe
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Calixte Dakpogan
    • Camara, Serigne Mbaye
    • Chamekh, Nidhal
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Diop, Omar Victor
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Douglas Camp, Sokari
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • El Baz, Mohamed
    • EL Loko
    • Emeka Ogboh
  • F

    • Fayçal Baghriche
    • François-Xavier Gbré
    • Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
  • G

    • Gaba, Meschac
    • Gakunga, Naomi Wanjiku
    • Gary Stephens
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude
    • Guerresi, Maïmouna
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
    • Halter, Dan
    • Harandane Dicko
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
    • Hervé Yamguen
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • James Muriuki
    • John Goba
    • John Liebenberg
    • John Murray
    • Joseph-Francis Sumegné
  • K

    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Karl Gietl
    • Karo Akpokiere
    • Klos, Yashua
    • Koko Robert Bi, Jems
    • Konaté, Abdoulaye
    • Kossentini, Nicène
    • Kure, Marcia
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maiga, Hamidou
    • Malick Sidibé
    • Maluka, Mustafa
    • Mancoba, Ernest
    • Megumi Matsubara
    • Melvin Edwards
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Miriam Syowia Kyambi
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Moschetti, Jean-Claude
    • Musekiwa, Terrence
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nestor Da
    • Nxumalo, Musa N.
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Ogunbanwo, Lakin
    • Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.
    • Okore, Nnenna
    • Okpu-Egbe, Adjani
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Otobong Nkanga
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Pinto, Mauro
    • Platter, Cameron
  • Q

    • Quenum, Gérard
  • R

    • Rafik El Kamel
    • Ricardo Rangel
    • Richard Butler-Bowdon
    • Roger Ballen
    • Ruga, Athi-Patra
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sandile Zulu
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Shomali, Kura
    • Sinzogan, Julien
    • Soudan, Gor
    • Stanley, Ransome
  • T

    • Takadiwa, Moffat
    • Terjuman, Houda
    • Tshindele, Pathy
    • Tugbiyele, Adejoke
  • V

    • Van Hove, Eric
    • Virginia Ryan
  • W

    • Watts, Ouattara
    • Wayne Barker
    • Wycliffe Mundopa
  • X

    • Xiomara De Oliver
  • Y

    • Younès Baba-Ali
    • Younès Rahmoun
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie

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