In partnership with top auction house Strauss & Co, this month the Bag Factory Artist studio in Fordsburg presents a solo exhibition of new work by the 2020 winner of the prestigious Cassirer Welz Award, Levy Pooe.

Titled Mphe Mphe ya Lapisa (taken from the seTswana idiom which translates as “the constant act of asking is tiring, it is better to have your own”) this new body of work presents an extension of Pooe’s ongoing themes of the relationship to urban space, and the practice of contemplative activities and rituals in public space,  taking the streets of the city of Johannesburg as a source of inspiration. 

In acrylic paintings and charcoal drawings Pooe depicts a range of characters and city scenes that ask the questions; What do we ask for? When do we ask? Who do we ask?, and From which spaces do we ask? 

Exhibition opening event Saturday February 20 from 11:00
Artist walkabout Saturday March 6 from 11:00