Dineo Bopape    Growing everyday             installation view



2005

plastic bags, canvas, white PVA, oil paint, spoons that have never been used in anyone’s home, found jerseys, wool, bandages, metal rings from scrapyard, soft toys, plastic rose, secrets collected in the year 2004, safety pins, pot and pan, serving spoons (presumably used in an unknown person’s house), old clothes of mine, old clothes of other people’s, found photographs of a white family, zips that are attached to rings, shoes of mine, shoes bought at a secondhand shop, receipts found at a recycling dump, buckles, shoe bag smeared with latex and acrylic paint, pockets torn from a previous work, newspapers, spray paint, ribbons, my sweat, dirt swept and gathered in 2004 from my old apartment on Currie Road, unknown objects, tissues containing bodily secretions, tampon wrappers, ‘regular’ tampons, liquid latex, staples, photographs taken by me, chicken wire, a blanket bought from a secondhand store, buttons, cotton, knitted hats, knitted mittens, plastic basket, bag found on West Street, a poster/board with a loving message, a small plastic sack usually used for packaging oranges or onions, hospital shoes stuffed with cotton wool, hospital mask, black rubber, stockings, unknown person’s ID photograph negative, somebody’s underwear, a pillow

installation dimensions 270 x 605 x 124cm


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