{"id":2005,"date":"2023-10-27T13:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T11:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=2005"},"modified":"2023-11-09T19:32:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:32:24","slug":"23nqoba-boyi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/23nqoba-boyi\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Nqoba Boyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2005\" data-postid=\"2005\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2005 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_xdxh524\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_xdxh524 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2027\" title=\"23 Nqoba Boyi\" alt=\"23 Nqoba Boyi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_x3ki867 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_kjyw867   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><strong>I am what you say, till I&#8217;m not.<\/strong><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_kdcz867  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by Nqoba Boyi<\/p>\n<p>Clothes offer protection, privacy, and comfort and provide the wearer with a sense of character.<\/p>\n<p>Think of a young child who still cannot dress him\/herself and who requires the help of a guardian or a parent to get dressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Think of a runway model whose job is only to be a platform of display, used to showcase the aesthetic choices of the designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, these individuals have little choice in how their clothing is an expression of themselves and their individual character.\u00a0 When we have no choice in the \u201cclothes\u201d in which we are covered or the \u201clabels\u201d that are assigned to us, this leads to a sense of discomfort. For the child as he grows, what may have once been something which offered protection and a sense of belonging, if afforded no choice, leads to a smothering of individuality and prevention of personal growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this series of performative works, I utilise clothing as an allegory for societal expectations, which are projected as limitations onto the individual. Clothing becomes a metaphoric material which may trap, restrain, throttle, and overwhelm \u2026 but is ultimately a skin which must be shed, a rejection of the old in order to embrace a becoming in the acceptance of a new self.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_c4y5257\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_c4y5257 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_cn9k258 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_5ekg258 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"module-gallery-grid gallery-columns-4 tf_clear\">\n\t\t\t<dl 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https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba13-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba13.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba3.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_5ekg258\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2142\" title=\"nqoba3\" alt=\"nqoba3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba3-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba12.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_5ekg258\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba12-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2151\" title=\"nqoba12\" alt=\"nqoba12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba12-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nqoba12.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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Think of a young child who still cannot dress him\/herself and who requires the help of a guardian or a parent to get dressed.\u00a0 Think of a runway model [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/title_nqob.png\" title=\"title_nqob\" alt=\"title_nqob\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/title_nqob.png 524w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/title_nqob-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic.jpg\" title=\"23 Nqoba Boyi\" alt=\"23 Nqoba Boyi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic.jpg 335w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nqobapic-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>\n<h4><strong>I am what you say, till I'm not.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>by Nqoba Boyi<\/p> <p>Clothes offer protection, privacy, and comfort and provide the wearer with a sense of character.<\/p> <p>Think of a young child who still cannot dress him\/herself and who requires the help of a guardian or a parent to get dressed.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Think of a runway model whose job is only to be a platform of display, used to showcase the aesthetic choices of the designer.\u00a0<\/p> <p>In both cases, these individuals have little choice in how their clothing is an expression of themselves and their individual character.\u00a0 When we have no choice in the \u201cclothes\u201d in which we are covered or the \u201clabels\u201d that are assigned to us, this leads to a sense of discomfort. 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