The rebel with a course
Friday, October 18, 2013
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A street art muralist and rapper, Nsibande switches between making art and music. Both are close to his heart. That is why he is not able to describe himself using one without the other."I am an artist and that embraces both my talents which means I cannot pick one over the other. Both serve different roles but are equally important in my life," he says. Currently, he is working on a mural at the Tlokweng Red Cross Society and that is why he has paint residue under his nails.
He says that his art form is graffiti and not street art mural. He says the interpretation of graffiti is a type of art form that aims to attract social commentary and invade spaces. "I aim to de-stigmatise street art because for a long time, it has been seen as negative but there is more to it than meets the eye." He says that some good can actually come out of graffiti if used appropriately.As a child, he once painted a church wall with the words 'F**k Jesus' and received flak because of his open association with graffiti."Those are the type of people that have made the art fall under a negative category," he says.
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