Lebohang Kganye
Helen’s father grazing his goats

Helen’s father grazing his goats

© 2018 Lebohang Kganye

Helen’s father grazing his goats
Helen’s father grazing his goats
ArtistSouth African, born 1990
CultureSouth African
Titles
  • Helen’s father grazing his goats
  • from the series, “Tell Tale.” Inspired by Maverick by Lauren Beukes and Nechama Brodie, 2018
Date2018
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 21 3/16 × 31 7/16 in. (53.8 × 79.8 cm)
Sheet: 25 × 31 11/16 in. (63.5 × 80.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment
Object number2022.291
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Lebohang Kganye’s series Tell Tale was inspired by her visit to the Owl House in Nieu Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Created by outsider artist Helen Martins, the house and surrounding land are elaborately decorated with handmade statues. Kganye’s pictures grow from the elaborate stories she heard about Martens, including this scene about Helen’s father who, after being caught grazing his goats on another farmer’s land, refused to go before the magistrate and had to be carted to court in a wheelbarrow.



ProvenanceThe artist; [RoseGallery, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.

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