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RICKY DYALOYI, A TALE WHERE ENDS MEET 2 (DIPTYCH)

Mixed media on canvas, 160 x 370 cm (63 x 145 5/8 in.)

THONTON KABEYA, SELFY, TABLET SERIES

CHALK PAINT, WALNUT POWDER AND NEWSPAPER INK TRANSFER ON SCULPTED CANVAS, 251 x 251 cm (98 3/4 x 98 3/4 in.)

SPEELMAN MAHLANGU, TOWNSHIP CONVERSATION

Bronze, 47 x 45 x 18 cm (18 1/2 x 17 5/8 x 7 in.)

GERHARD MARX, DISTANCE WORN THIN

PLANT MATERIAL & ACRYLIC GROUND ON BOARD, 52 x 62 cm (20 3/8 x 24 3/8 in.)

NIGEL MULLINS, LIBERTY IN PARIS

Oil on canvas, 220 x 120 cm (86 1/2 x 47 1/8 in.)

BRETT MURRAY, Witnesses

Bronze, 40 x 27 x 50 cm (15 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

Huddled together or clinging to one another, many of Murray’s sculptures convey a poignant tenderness and vulnerability. These symbols of the family unit - together, touching, protected, and protecting - strike a universal chord. While some works evoke pathos, others stoke unease and allude to an inherent violence. The hopeful is countered with gaping holes that speak to the loss and hurt that are an integral part of all human experience.

BLESSING NGOBENI, POLITICS IN BATTLE FIELD I, II, II (TRIPTYCH)

Mixed media on canvas, 185 x 231 cm (72 3/4 x 90 7/8 in.)

MMAKGABO HELEN SEBIDI, SHE IS GREETING

Bronze, 126 x 71 x 41 cm (49 3/4 x 28 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

TAFADZWA TEGA, ZVIRI MUBAKO (INSIDE CAVES)

Mixed media on canvas, 200 x 150 cm