Motlhala to retrace Ron De artist's gobsmacking career

Kegomoditswe explained that he named the art exhibition Motlhala because he just wanted to appreciate his artist journey from where he started PICS: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Kegomoditswe explained that he named the art exhibition Motlhala because he just wanted to appreciate his artist journey from where he started PICS: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Motlhala, a Setswana word meaning trail is a mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something. For renowned local fine artist, Ronald Kegomoditswe, his trail is not just marked on canvas but he has grown from being an artist of tremendous promise to a visual artist of note. Arts & Culture Writer MOMPATI TLHANKANE caught up with the artist from Sefhophe as he was just getting one of his acrylic paintings dry ahead of his upcoming solo exhibition titled Motlhala on May 29, 2021 at Thapong Visual Arts Centre

When Arts & Culture arrived at Kegomoditswe’s creative art studio in Tlokweng, where he has rented a room in a big house, the artist who also goes by the name Ron De Artist took the team straight to the garage where many of his works which have never been exhibited or seen before were.

Known primarily for his incredible use of colour and attention to detail especially when it comes to painting portraits, Kegomoditswe’s series of Botswana’s five presidents from Sir Seretse Khama to the current President Mokgweetsi Masisi is exactly what catches the eye before anything else. Another work of art that is hard to miss and quite not surprising from Kegomoditswe is a painting of half-naked females. He had told Arts & Culture in a previous interview that nudity in art is no longer a slur.

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