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When They See Us IV
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Bongani Tshabalala
Exhibition:
2019 New Breed Winners Group Exhibition
Details:
Not Signed
Digital photograph
30 × 42 cm (framed)
Price:
R3 500 (Edition 1/10)
Description:
Mental health in the black community is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge or talk about. It is that one thing we allow to become extreme before we start talking about it, and even when we talk about it there is always that taboo associated with it. Over the years society has seen black men as breadwinners, leaders of society, tough, strong and unemotional people. There are many misconcepts and toxic traits that society has used to describe a black man for who they are and who they should be. Many men are unhappy with the way they are depicted in the world and frustrated with old-school ideas of masculinity. "Monna ke nku ha lle" which means a man doesn't cry is a phrase we were raised with to try and tell us that we must suck up our emotions and man up. When They See Us explores how it feels to be a black man living with depression and stigma in a society where a man that cries or shows any sign of vulnerability is regarded as weak.
Digital photograph
Detail
Tags
Bongani Tshabalala
Exhibition:
2019 New Breed Winners Group Exhibition
Details:
Not Signed
Digital photograph
30 × 42 cm (framed)
Price:
R3 500 (Edition 1/10)
Description:
Mental health in the black community is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge or talk about. It is that one thing we allow to become extreme before we start talking about it, and even when we talk about it there is always that taboo associated with it. Over the years society has seen black men as breadwinners, leaders of society, tough, strong and unemotional people. There are many misconcepts and toxic traits that society has used to describe a black man for who they are and who they should be. Many men are unhappy with the way they are depicted in the world and frustrated with old-school ideas of masculinity. "Monna ke nku ha lle" which means a man doesn't cry is a phrase we were raised with to try and tell us that we must suck up our emotions and man up. When They See Us explores how it feels to be a black man living with depression and stigma in a society where a man that cries or shows any sign of vulnerability is regarded as weak.
Digital photograph