Artist Alfred Thoba’s 50-year-long career is set to be honoured in a legacy exhibition: ‘True Love’—a must for South African art and history lovers:
Johannesburg, South Africa (02 February 2024) — The life and work of South African Modernist Alfred Thoba (1951-2022) are both to be honoured in a new commemorative exhibition titled ‘True Love’.
A collaboration between Strauss & Co. and Kalashnikov Gallery, True Love will reflect on Thoba’s 50-year career in art as a unique force in the South Art scene, with a selection of his artworks to be exhibited along with archive materials in a special reconstruction of his Hillbrow home studio.
The story of Alfred Thoba is an important one in that of South Africa’s art and history, and one that has a deep relationship with the socio-politics of our country.
Hailing from Sophiatown, Thoba’s largely self-taught creations drew attention for the way they explored life from the lens of the disempowered, inspired by his personal life and the media he consumed through newspaper and magazine articles. But, it also brought forward topics of love and marriage; fledged into art in ways that helped influence the South African modernist art scene.
True Love will give art-lovers and historians a first-hand look at the works he exhibited from the 1980s right to his last completed painting. This way, the story of Thoba, his style, influences and contribution to South African art can be appreciated as a rich, evolving story.
The focus beyond honouring the late artist is also on art education so that school children can be inspired by the greats who came before.
True Love runs from 5 February to 1 March 2024 and can be visited at Strauss & Co Johannesburg.
Sources: Supplied
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