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Ke Lefa Laka
An exhibition by Tierney Fellowship recipient, Lebohang Kganye
2013
This photographic journey seems to be a deep response to loss and mourning – not just of different individuals, but of history, language and oral culture. Ke Lefa Laka is about memory, fantasy, identity formation and performance, a means for reconstructing my identity by reconnecting with family members both alive and dead and a larger family history. I have discovered that identity cannot be raced, just like the camera; it is a site for the performance of dreams and to stage the narratives of contradictions, half-truths, erasure, denial and hidden truths. A family identity therefore becomes an orchestrated fiction and a collection invention. While these images record history, it is only a history imagined. I will choose which part of the fantasy to take with me and claim as my story.
About Lebohang Kganye
Lebohang Kganye was born in1990, in Katlehong, in the East Rand of Johannesburg. In 2009 Kganye began her studies in photography at the Market Photo Workshop, completing the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Course in Photography. Part of her work from the series B(l)ack to Fairy tales was shown at the 2011 Joburg Art Fair. Lebohang Kganye is the recipient of the 2012/2013 Market Photo Workshop Tierney Fellowship.
About the Tierney Fellowship
The Tierney Fellowship was created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation to support emerging artists in the field of photography. The primary goal of the Fellowship is to find aspiring artists who will be tomorrow's leaders and to assist them in overcoming challenges that photographers face at the start of their careers.
Tracy Edser, the first recipient of The Tierney Fellowship at the Market Photo Workshop, exhibited her body of work in a solo exhibition, Amelioration. Edser was mentored by Mikhael Subotzky. Simangele Kalisa, the second recipient, exhibited her body of work at a Joint Tierney Exhibition at the Substation Gallery, Wits University, with fellows Monique Pelser and Ariane Questiaux. Kalisa was mentored by Jo Ractliffe. Thabiso Sekgala, the third recipient, exhibited a body of work entitled Homeland at The Photo Workshop Gallery in April 2011. Sekgala was mentored by Mikhael Subotzky. Mack Magagane, the fourth recipient, exhibited his work called ...in this city, a reflection of Johannesburg city by night. The exhibition opened in April 2013 at The Photo Workshop Gallery. Magagane was mentored by Jo Ractliffe.
Please see http://www.tierneyfellowship.org/ for more information.
Tracy Edser, the first recipient of The Tierney Fellowship at the Market Photo Workshop, exhibited her body of work in a solo exhibition, Amelioration. Edser was mentored by Mikhael Subotzky. Simangele Kalisa, the second recipient, exhibited her body of work at a Joint Tierney Exhibition at the Substation Gallery, Wits University, with fellows Monique Pelser and Ariane Questiaux. Kalisa was mentored by Jo Ractliffe. Thabiso Sekgala, the third recipient, exhibited a body of work entitled Homeland at The Photo Workshop Gallery in April 2011. Sekgala was mentored by Mikhael Subotzky. Mack Magagane, the fourth recipient, exhibited his work called ...in this city, a reflection of Johannesburg city by night. The exhibition opened in April 2013 at The Photo Workshop Gallery. Magagane was mentored by Jo Ractliffe.
Please see http://www.tierneyfellowship.org/ for more information.