MORGAN MAHAPE
Belonging (2020)
Glass beads on mono fish line strings
on walnut solid wood frame
120 x 75 cm
Morgan Mahape is a self-taught artist born in 1983 in Umlazi,
Durban, South Africa.
Morgan Mahape's artworks are inspired by nature where vegetation is a symbol of life and development.
"I work with glass beads on strings. Those are fishline strings. First, I cut out a piece of wood and use nails to hang the strings and then I put the beads one by one. Every string is independent. If you put all the strings together, you get a full picture because the technique itself is a concept of unity. Each bead represents an individual and then the beads on the strings represent a group of people. [...]"
"I really love that idea of love, the concept of love. It goes along with the idea of my beadwork and how I do it."
Morgan Mahape
GROUP SHOWS
2022 :
- AKAA Art & Design Art Fair, Paris, France - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
- 1-54 Art Fair, Harlem Parish, New York, USA - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
- Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
2020 : Love etc, Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
2019 :
- AKAA Art & Design Art Fair, Paris, France - Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
- African spirits group exhibition (Yossi gallery) New-York, USA
2018 :
- Scream exhibition (African art center) Durban, South Africa
- Art Bank exhibition (Durban Art gallery), South Africa
- Amasosha art movement group exhibition (inkomkhulu gallery) Durban, South Africa
2016 : Art in the park fair. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
2012 : PPC young sculpture finalist (KZNSA gallery). Durban, South Africa
2011 : COP17 art exhibition (gallery 405) Durban, South Africa
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