Mongezi Gum
1970
Mongezi Gum was born in Langa and was passionate about art from a young age. After moving to Johannesburg, he studied drawing, sculpture and printmaking. He earned his diploma in Fine arts in 1994, from the Johannesburg Art Foundation. He has exhibited at the South African National Gallery, Artscape, AVA, Everard Read, Roots Art Gallery and 16 on Lerotholi. Gum depicts truthfully the energy of South African township life.
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Celebrating Life
2021
Charcoal on paper
106 x 153 cm
Framed in black timber
Available
Play The Day Away
2023
Acrylic, Charcoal and Chalk on Canvas
100 × 120 cm
Available
Dance The Night Away
2023
Acrylic, Charcoal and Chalk on Canvas
100 × 120 cm
Available
Artworks
His artworks have popular appeal, with vivid and animated feelings of hope. His con dent charcoal markings provide easily recognisable imagery of everyday life and context to the simple acts of the people of his township, Langa.
