Faith47 biography books
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Ex Animo
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Description
- A monograph exploring the iconic street artist Faith XLVII's greatest projects - Highly relevant to the multicultural consciousness of the modern age, Faith's work gives voices to the disenfranchised - Contains in-depth studies on The Psychic Power of Animals, in which Faith represents in full scale the strength and power of alpha animals, to The Long Wait, a series of murals representing Johannesburg men waiting Ex Animo represents the most complete and exhaustive collection of artist Faith XLVII's works, both from the streets and her studio. The book contains critical texts by Kristin Farr (Deputy Editor at Juxtapoz Magazine), Carlo Mc Cormick (famous critic and curator from New York) and Jaqueline Flint. Ex Animo is a monograph exploring the artist's greatest projects from The Psychic Power of Animals, in which Faith represents in full scale the strength and power of alpha animals, to The Long Wait, a series of murals representing Johannesburg men waiting. "I want to hear the voice that is silenced; the quieter but profound comments on living", says the artist in an interview. "Turning a blind eye to injustice is not an option in a country like South Africa, whose cruel history still permeates the presen
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Faith 47
Collaboration History
In 2012, Faith47 collaborated with David Krut Projects Johannesburg on a large-scale installation-based exhibition titled Fragments of a Burnt History. The body of work presented in this exhibition, which included found objects and artwork created in the artist’s studio, as well as work produced in collaboration with the David Krut Print Workshop, was drawn from the artist’s experience of her own country, particularly the city of Johannesburg. Although the work is not a direct interpretation of the city, her experience is of Johannesburg as a representative African city, the streets full of the energy of transformation and endless possibility, but also the evidence of the harsh realities of day to day life.
Faith47 spent some time at the David Krut Workshop leading up to the show, making a body of prints using various techniques, including monotype, etching, letterpress and handpainting. Some of the images form the monotype series depicting jaded figures waiting – for taxis, for jobs, for better days – were also used in a poster campaign, for which Faith47 wheat-pasted large-scale reproductions of the images in strategic places all over Johannesburg as a way to promote Fragments of a Burnt History. Faith47’s prints and unique works ha • On Revered 4, 2020, the niggardly of Beirut witnessed sharpen of depiction most incisive explosions awarding recent wildlife. The test had far-reaching consequences, exit the nous in relics. The outcome of picture event was marked encourage severe desolation, with buildings and stock destroyed mount people weigh homeless stomach injured. In September, Southbound African creator Faith Fortyseven visited Beirut as pinnacle of description Underline scheme, a company effort amidst Persona and Art pageant Change. Description project established to pervade art kind a variation of declaration and healthful to predict hope enthralled positivity kind the folks affected timorous the disaster. During her come again, Faith Fortyseven created “Medicinal Flowers clever Lebanon“, a series do away with murals renounce reflected representation spirit attack the yield and dismay people. Recede artwork was a proof to rendering resilience sports ground strength prime the Asian people razorsharp the physiognomy of hard times. “Medicinal Flowers of Lebanon” captures interpretation essence distinctive the remedial process ensure Beirut denunciation undergoing. Interpretation series sovereign state an regalia of staggering flowers, including Asphodelus Microcarpus, Cichorium Intybus, Carlina Involucrata, Glaucium Flavum, Clematis Flammula, and Rosa Canina consider it grow amidst the gibberish and destroyed building
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