Harnessing a complex medium

While the most cultured peoples of antiquity like the Nabataeans carved the ancient city of Petra from stone, one would think that woodcarving is even easy conceptually.

Despite woodcraft being a difficult and laborious process Osego Motlogelwa has gone out to angle his own style when it comes to sculpture. When Arts & Culture caught up with the 32-year-old artist at a Thapong Visual Arts Centre studio, he was already up to the task. Looking at his drastic approach in woodcraft, Motlogelwa’s art falls under the modern sculpture movement. Modern sculpture is generally considered to have begun with the work of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who is seen as the progenitor of modern sculpture.