“By bringing different views to some of the problems in society art can challenge us to see if it is done like this or like that is it really that different. On the other hand, viewing art is a bit like listening to a church sermon, you might take in some of the message but you can’t take it in all at once. And I suppose it’s what you do with that message that ultimately counts.”
When articulating this series of images, Sibeko unpacks how during his formative years he hated men. To him, male role models were in short supply. His childhood development was shared with his grandmother and uncle. This particular uncle was an alcoholic and thus constantly in a state of drunkenness. Lesime states that it was “a brutal, violent and sad home”. These feelings of brutality and violence are echoed through the vulnerability of the naked body.
