

Uitstalling The Gallery
Banele Khoza
It's always been you
July, 16th - August 22nd, 2020
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU
In its combination of reduction, romance, and irony, Banele Khoza’s work addresses questions of identity, masculinity and of a young generation of creatives living and working in South Africa. Experimental and venturous, these artists (re-)shape the terms and conditions of a public sense of society and community.

Even if we were together we would still miss each other I

Even if we were together we would still miss each other II

Behind the veil

Even if we were together we would still miss each other I

BANELE KHOZA
Banele Khoza (*1994) is a Swaziland-born and South African-based visual artist. He holds a BTechin Fine Arts from Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria. In 2017 he won the prestigious Gerard Sekoto Award and with it a three-month residency at the CitéInternationale des Arts in Paris.
His solo exhibitions include Temporary Feelings at the Pretoria Art Museum (2016); Lonely Nights at Lizamore Gallery(2017) LOVE? at Smith Studio in Cape Town (2018). Khoza also headlined the solo exhibition titled LGBTQI+: Banele Khoza as part of the Curatorial Lab at Zeitz MOCAA (2018).
Banele Khoza’s paintings stand on the threshold between reduction and romanticism. Employing bold, geometric parts to constitute the figure, the portraits often possess a very formal quality, reminding of the late paintings of Paul Cézanne. On the other hand, the paintings are marked by expressive brushstrokes and vivid colors creating a romantic and dreamlike quality running as a theme through the works, regardless of their actual content. The titles often serve as a comment to the situation portrayed, ironic and frank, yet utterly personal.

ALL I WISH I COULD TELL YOU
Acrylic ink and charcoal on canvas
Unframed size: 914 x 610mm
2020-2021

UNTITLED
Acrylic on cotton canvas
Size 914mm x 1290mm
2020

BEHIND THE VEIL
Acrylic on cotton canvas
857mm x 1473mm
2021

LOOPING THOUGHTS
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
610mm x 914mm
2021

BUSEKO (READING)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
Size 910mm x 1290mm
2020

DEAR CRUSH, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN US
Acrylic and ink on cotton canvas
914mm x 1290mm
2021

BEING OKAY WITH MINIMAL EFFORT
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
Size 914mm x 1290mm
2020-21

A LONG- PASSING WINTER
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
Size 914mm x 1290mm
2020-2021

UNTITLED
Acrylic ink on cotton canvas
Unframed size: 914 x 1290mm
2021

KHUMBUL’ EKHAYA
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
Size 914mm x 1290mm
2020-2021



EVEN IF WERE TOGETHER WE WOULD STILL MISS EACH OTHER - I
Acrylic ink and charcoal on canvas
Unframed size: 914 x 1290mm
2021

EVEN IF WERE TOGETHER WE WOULD STILL MISS EACH OTHER - II
Acrylic ink and charcoal on canvas
Unframed size: 914 x 1290mm
2021

