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born 1986 South Africa
Cinga Samson (born 1986) is a South African artist.
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I like that being an artist demands you to see something about life and the beauty of God. I believe that makes me very religious and spiritual.
My work starts with a feeling. It could be more than one feeling, like the feeling of beauty and terror, sometimes desire and vulnerability
I didn’t want to create works that are about satisfying the audience, but I want to create works that are complete on their own
How can you tell the story of this continent without touching on those beliefs? You can’t.
We set out our lives for the results, but at the end, it’s not the result that’s important, it’s every moment
I think life could still carry on without that contract and just be maintained in other magical ways
If life chooses, it can dispose of you; you’re just disposable
There’s something embarrassing about not knowing answers to questions of our true nature and it is almost overwhelming to try to find answers
Kids are very creative. Somehow I never lost that
I think there is a current shift in thinking and culture, as well as changes that accommodate new understandings of being a man. Is it a crisis? I would say it is evolving, as opposed to being in crisis.
Whilst apartheid doesn’t formally exist, the structures still exist and favour whites over blacks
I am more interested in starting a different conversation on representation than the ones that already exist
Sometimes material can reveal something as a lack and also it can be the way to be brave, to step out and experience more
Painting needs a lot of discipline to be able to do i
I know there’s more to life than the physical experience we are having. I want my paintings to encapsulate that
Everything has a lesson. Even the worst things, I believe, can lead to our own betterment
I draw inspiration from stories of people who prevailed; those who have beaten the odds and brought change and did good
As opposed to being symbols of love, flowers are closely associated with death, and their decay also becomes a relevant symbol for life’s struggles, as well as of death and rebirth
Painting continues, you know? It’s not something that I could separate or isolate myself from
why is life attached to so much brutality and so much violence?