neo mahlangu - working portfolio 16/17

Neo MahlanguVisual Artist

Portfolio - Illustrations

Audio Connections-Pencil on Fabriano Board

A common theme in my work is the interaction and destruction of culture by technology.

I’ve found music to be one of the outlets of revealing our truest selves. Where the lyrics perfectly describe the emotions inscribed on our hearts, a melody that makes us reminisce about the moment when we felt the most alive, a hymn that brings us closer to our Creator or an beat that makes us dance our cares away. Music is our culture.

As much as culture can be a powerful presence in an African child’s life, technology and the influences that come with it seems to be becoming the new tradition

May I please see your phone-Pencil and Acrylic Paint on Fabriano Board

Are we listening?-Pencil and Acrylic Paint on Fabriano Board

With this piece I try to question the African man’s identity. Is it imbedded in the culture (represented by the Ndebele patterns) or the drowning (blue) ever presence of the Western world and its technologies (fading circuit board) and its cultural attendance of the 9-5 (headsets).

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