LEVY POOE

Levy Pooe is a South African Visual Artist born during the country’s transition to democracy. He began his artistic career at a very young age, he was struck by how things looked and how reality can be represented and how it could be altered. He pursued this interest and studied visual arts in high school and in university. He mostly works from his home studio but sometimes does murals and live documentation, especially interpretations of musical performances.

Levy creates work that explores the urban experiences of ordinary people. His bold acrylic paintings of the quotidian, force the audience to engage honestly with his work and to make up their own understanding of what the work means.

A re yeng kerekeng , 2020, acrylic on Board 29.7 x 42.0 cm

The artist’s work reveals to us that true accounts of ourselves do not have to be found only in the spectacle but through the mundane we are able to find genuine non-performative accounts of our experience. The artist deals with themes such as black figures engaged in contemplative activities, daily rituals and routines as well as the relationship between the urban space and migrants. He is interested in fully interrogating the idea of art as a social diary, a public diary of a black being in the city.

Bree Taxi Rank, 2020, acrylic on paper 21.0 x 29.7 cm

Bree Taxi Rank, 2020, acrylic on paper 21.0 x 29.7 cm

Bree Taxi Rank, 2020, acrylic on paper 21.0 x 29.7 cm

Parkstation, 2020, acrylic on Board 29.7 ×42.0 cm

Isolation, 2020, acrylic on Fabiano 29.7 × 42.0 cm

The Evening scene, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 81.1cm × 59.4cm