Sonya Mmakopano Rademeyer
Imibala Art in Isolation Exhibition
2020
South Africa
IOS I, II & III is a short series (3) of works created at the beginning of the global COVID -19 Pandemic.
The images depict distorted and disfigured faces which have been painted in red food colouring. The choice of food colouring as medium was purposefully chosen during the time of severe lockdown, where adaptions to materials needed to be made, often requiring the use of what was to be found in the common household environment. This choice speaks to ideas of societal and economic isolation.
The accompanying drawing to each painted and distorted face, reflect survivalist narratives as related by individuals who were not only hospitalized, but were also ventilated in ICU’s. These are survival stories as experienced in the heartland of isolation, distanced from family and friends in high-tech medical environments. As such patients are often sedated and hallucinate under such circumstances, the distorted faces pair with these isolated narratives.
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