The living art of pillars

Tebogo Motaung of Pitsane in the Borolong area has found a niche and is involved in a different kind of art that tries to capitalise on the growing enthusiasm with pillars. The 30-year old whose workshop is located in Mogoditshane, just after the Pula Spar traffic lights, is designing unique pillars with an artistic finish. By artistic finish one might think paints or drawings on the pillars; that is not what Motaung is doing. He is engaging in a more complex practice of adding characters on the pillars, mostly human forms. He tries to communicate through his images.