Lungiswa Gqunta Quotes
born 1990
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However, she reminded me that she is always cognisant of the fact that “you can’t control everything.”
Dreams are an important part of this journey.
If we could focus on that I think we’d have much stronger work, much more accessible work.
Our house, as in our whole country,is on fire, and who is gonna keep it out.
The time came where i began to see that there is no separation:your life is political.
I want people not to be settled on anything.
I’ve found ways to make art with what is there and what is available and what is around.
I could make words that sell but the i'll wouldn't be true to the ideas that im trying to articulate.
This is probably why I keep coming back to printmaking in my work somehow.
I also wanted my ancestors to be in the space.
There is no space outside of the university to help you integrate into building a career in the arts. I found that very difficult.
Whatever i do , i want to create some kind of shift in people.
I think about the garden as this very volatile space
I started thinking about spaces of conflict’
Certain sheets I can associate with certain people. I’m weary about who I get my materials from because in a way they are agreeing with what I do. They are protesting with me.
Its like another language, so if you can't understand this language, then i'll try another one,amd i'll keep going until hopefully something changes, and there is communucation.
Being a black artist is incredibly hard because there’s this thing of there being only one little superstar – people only focus on this one person for this amount of time whereas it should be more of us.
My grandfather on my dad’s side was an artist. A visual artist and a music composer so my family grew up appreciating art and appreciating music. I grew up in that atmosphere.
I can’t separate this [art] from my life. This is my life. One is dependent on the other. They are one big thing…everything is tied together.