Moleleki Frank Ledimo

Moleleki Frank Ledimo is as much a cultural activist as he is an artist. Below is an outline of how his career has developed so far. Moleleki Frank Ledimo is a big man, with a mischievous giggle. He has a way of inspiring people at the same time as making them feel very safe.

A large portion of his art making is devoted to print making. Ledimo has been involved with The Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg for many years and one has the sense that he feels at home within the world of "democratic multiples".

Moleleki Frank Ledimo's prints are carefully hand coloured and serve as a visual documentation of inner city and evolving suburban life in Gauteng.

Artists Statement:

"I create work that is based on the urban landscape in which I live. I have been fascinated by the representation of the figure to relay messages of urban squalor, citylife, survivors and victims of urbanisation.

I am interested in how the city offers an array of aspects of life - exploitation, forced migration, various encounters and passing scenes as if from a film storyboard.

The medium of scratch lithography has allowed me to use fresh, expressive lines & work spontaneously with each line building the image and each line being important expressive mark. On the other hand experimenting and pushing the boundaries of traditional lithography & am fascinated by accidents that one discovers through this new medium."
Moleleki Frank Ledimo 2003

Artists represented by The Artists' Press (A to L)

Artists represented by The Artists' Press (M to X)

Lithographs