Backstory Showcases Artworks By Different Artists
Monday, February 20, 2017
Ditshupo Mogapi standing next to his artwork. PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
The exhibition featured works from the likes of Sedireng Mothabatsela, Ngozi Chikura, Moratiwa Molema, Ditshupo Mogapi, Wilson Ngoni, Modirwa Kekwaletse, Shepherd Nduzo and Uhuru Kgope.
The various artworks exhibited were accompanied by different sketches and notes, which showed how the work was conceptualised, researched and put together. The artworks included paintings, pencil drawings, sculptors and visual production of events such as awards ceremonies.
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