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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 6 (Reuters) – South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush throughout a nine-year stint in jail, drawing fellow inmates and birthday playing cards to “kill time”.
This month, the now renown 35-year-old showcased his work at South Africa’s FNB Artwork Joburg, a number one modern artwork truthful that includes artists from throughout the continent, again in full swing after a two-year pause linked to the pandemic.
In entrance of vibrant surreal canvases stood a painted set of vintage armchairs and sofas, impressed by an eerie discovery in 2016 of a chair in North Georgia allegedly filled with the hair of black slaves.
“It was story that I wanted to work with and convey it to life,” Ngobeni instructed Reuters. “(In) issues that we personal, lies a secret, lies DNA, lies recollections, lies ache of the opposite individuals.”
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Reporting by Taurai Maduna
Writing by Sofia Christensen
Enhancing by James Macharia Chege and Frank Jack Daniel
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