Artist Talk: Lebohang Kganye
An in-depth artist talk with the acclaimed South African artist Lebohang Kganye
Welcome to an in-depth artist talk with the acclaimed South African artist Lebohang Kganye, offering a closer look at her new exhibition Le Sale ka Kgotso.
Lebohang Kganye (b. 1990) is a South African artist based in Johannesburg and one of the most talked-about image-makers of her generation. On March 6, she comes to Stockholm with Le Sale ka Kgotso, an exhibition created exclusively for Fotografiska. Visitors are invited to walk through full-scale structure modeled after a Reconstruction and Development Programme” (RDP) house, a South African socio-economic housing program implemented by the government of President Nelson Mandela post-apartheid in 1994.
Working at the intersection of photography, sculpture, and installation, Kganye uses family archives and staged environments to explore how personal narratives shape and challenge broader histories. Her works are deeply rooted in historical material, yet never nostalgic. They speak to an ongoing present: political, dreamlike, and intimate at once.