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Patrick Bongoy

Patrick Bongoy (Born 1980) is active/lives in South Africa, Congo.  Patrick Bongoy is known for Discarded rubber figurative sculpure.

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For Patrick Bongoy, the zero-waste movement and social consciousness take an unusual form. Creating things from discarded rubber, bound together by hand and curated to make work that is at once gripping and gentle, the Cape Town-based artist is shifting the way art, environment and society come together.

Far from his native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he obtained two fine arts qualifications, and from which he fled after staging a work of protest art, Bongoy continues to push the limit of form and function to give his viewers a new perspective on often-recycled themes (pun intended).

At 38 years old, Bongoy is in a liminal space between being well known and still having a long career ahead of him. The nature of his sculptural work requires significant manual labour. Bending, twisting and remoulding his materials, calloused hands are par for the course – and in some ways, speak to his perspective on art, the environment and his visual activism.   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5405 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Patrick Bongoy

   Patrick Bongoy  Born:  1980 - Kinshasa, Congo
Known for:  Discarded rubber figurative sculpure

For Patrick Bongoy, the zero-waste movement and social consciousness take an unusual form. Creating things from discarded rubber, bound together by hand and curated to make work that is at once gripping and gentle, the Cape Town-based artist is shifting the way art, environment and society come together.

Far from his native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he obtained two fine arts qualifications, and from which he fled after staging a work of protest art, Bongoy continues to push the limit of form and function to give his viewers a new perspective on often-recycled themes (pun intended).

At 38 years old, Bongoy is in a liminal space between being well known and still having a long career ahead of him.   ...  Displaying 750 of 5405 characters.

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