North Gallery

Malose Pete

Perspectives
10 August to 7 September 2024

Malose Pete states that he is of the opinion that human beings are perhaps the only species that is fortunate enough to hold the capacity to explore life through the experiences of all other animals in existence.  An elephant can never know the experience of flying like an eagle, nor an eagle the experience of a whale and a whale the experience of a cheetah.

It is with this observation that he launches his upcoming exhibition titled ‘Perspectives.’  The celebration and encouragement of this unique human talent to trade with what one is born with for what they desire to fulfil and share it amongst one another.

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Malose Pete, who has for over 5 years taught Fine Arts of the Tshwane University of Technology and an experienced artist in his own right, urges that possession of these interchangeable perspectives is not accidental and thus should be explored further and encouraged.  In his opinion, as much as humanity has this capacity to explore beyond inherent limitations, no one human can fully master many different perspectives within one lifetime.  It is with this view that he believes the unique ability to have an elephant, eagle, whale, and cheetah within one species is so that we can function as an interdependent unit.  Pete graduated with a BTech Degree majoring in painting and sculpture from the Tshwane University of Technology in 2011.  His works have been celebrated at the 2011 ABSA L’Atelier Art Competition, the 2011 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, the 2012 PPC Young Concrete Sculptors Awards, and the 2019 Sanlam Portrait Awards. He has also been commissioned for multiple private and public artworks in both painting and sculpture. Malose has held joint exhibitions and solo shows at Trent Gallery, at Art Lovers 1932, the Pretoria Arts Association and The IS Gallery in Franschoek, Western Cape.

He uses painting and sculpture to bring across different societal perspectives with the hope of encouraging people to dig deeper than what can be considered normal.   He has been creating since he was a young man in the village of Ga-Mahoai in Polokwane. He draws his inspiration from moments of solitude that allow him to observe the world in a way that offers a different outlook.  Malose believes that finding your authentic self is key to creating art that truly represents something that people never knew they needed.