Looking for a leading South African Visual Artist?

Looking to invest in modern or south African art paintings? If so, there are many South African artists whose work is appreciated by art lovers worldwide. However, to promote concept art, you should also explore the works of an emerging South African artist. So, if you've decided on a South African Emerging Artist, here are some of the most up-and-coming visual artists from South Africa. 

Patrick Rulore: Patrick Rulore (born 1995), a graduate of Tshwane University of Technology, won the 2019 Sasol New Signature Award for his exquisite description of what has become a typical South African scene: the family gathers around the table lit by gas lamps. Rulore's work, Phase, deals with the so-called "offload", or scheduled blackout in South Africa, which is a frequent and undesirable event. The judges considered the play "a memorable celebration of the precious and fleeting moments of real human connection that occurred during those dark few hours", focusing on the connections. created while temporarily eliminating the distractions of phones, laptops, and televisions.

Lebohang Kangye: Photographer Lebohang Kangye developed a diorama-style animated film filled with collaged family members silhouettes and other props for the 2017 winner. Ke sell teng, an animated film short photos inspired by family photo albums and the myths and stories they create, investigating the competing history of merging memory and imagination revealed when we look at our family pictures.

Zyma Amein: Zyma Amien (born 1962) is a leading emerging South African artist who has highlighted labour issues in the textile industry in her 2016 New Signature award-winning work. In this wonderful piece, Amien respects and pays homage to workers who are often invisible, given the mental and physical trauma suffered by his mother and grandmother, both working in the profession. trade for pitifully low wages. The bibs are made of gauze (referring to physical and historical scars), and the pins holding the seams together are a metaphor for how the stages have been pinned to their seats for so many years. decade.

Sethembile Msezane: Cape Town's Sethembile Msezane received the New Signature Award of Merit for her work on a Public Holiday Series in 2015, the year of the #RhodesMustFall protest. The artist created this series of photos to "highlight the importance of black women in the (political) South African context by asserting my body in public space, like a sculpture." alive, through the process of temporary monumentalization". Msezane continues to shoot striking photos and videos during the #FeesMustFall protests across the country, evoking memory, the status of women in the public sphere, and the cyclical nature of historical events.

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