Untitled

CCAC #: 0175a
Artwork title: Untitled
Artist(s): Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
Contributor(s): Busisiwe Getrude Dlosi
Year made: Unknown
Artwork type: Textile
Medium: Carpet
Dimensions (mm): 2300 x 2300
Source: Unrecorded
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Signage:

Deeply rooted in the visual and social dynamics of street life, this tapestry sees Mautloa translate the pulse of the street into woven form. A layered, spontaneous composition of fragmented shapes and colour echoes the rhythms of the city. The imagery suggests a crowd of moving figures, evoking the energy of a march, gathering, or political protest. Set against a dark background suggestive of night or late afternoon through the bursts of yellow and scattered colours that recall firelight or street illumination, heightening a sense of movement and urgency.

These Forms appear fragmented and intuitive, overlapping like fleeting moments in urban space. Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, the work captures the intensity, uncertainty, and collective presence of life in motion.

Themes: Citizenship
Civic engagement
Cultural Heritage
Identity and representation
Inner-city life
Johannesburg
Constitutional links: Freedom of expression (section 16)
Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10)
National Unity and Reconciliation (Interim Constitution of South Africa, chapter 16)
Political rights (section 19)
Right to assembly, demonstration, picket and petition (section 17)
Right to freedom of association (section 18)
Rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities (section 31)
Equality - constitutional value (section 1a, section 9)
Limitation of rights (section 36)

CCAC 439122

Photographer: Ben Law-Vijoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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