Balekane Legoabe for Latitudes Online by Nkgopoleng Moloi

Latitudes Online recently profiled Balekane Legoabe in a feature by Art Throb editor and curator Nkopoleng Moloi. Highlighting her solo exhibition Things That Are My Own at EBONY/CURATED, Moloi describes Legoabe’s process of washing, crumpling, and unfolding paper to create textured surfaces reminiscent of rock or precious metal. This method, both material and metaphorical, speaks to memory, transformation, and the weight of history that runs through her fantastical figures, wild creatures, and geometric forms.

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