ATANG TSHIKARE | Mowa

Mowa explores African ideas of transcendence through systems of spiritual ascent rooted in Tswana, Sotho, and Pedi metaphysical thought. Meaning both “air” and “spirit,” the exhibition looks at the tension between visible order and invisible chaos — the structured world we move through versus the unseen ancestral, emotional, and spiritual forces shaping human transformation. The works suggest that enlightenment comes through engaging with this unseen space rather than avoiding it.
 
The exhibition unfolds as a kind of metaphysical ecosystem where sculpture, shadow, space, and elevation work together as one interconnected environment. Birds appear as ancestral messengers and spiritual intermediaries, representing guidance, healing, prayer, divination, and communal protection. 

 

Trees become systems of ascension — connecting earth and heaven through growth, memory, healing, medicine and air. Small fruits appear throughout the works as symbols of fertility, future lineage, and the beginning of a new spiritual order.

This body of work marks a new direction within Atang Tshikare’s sculptural practice, expanding beyond object-making into a more immersive spatial experience. Through suspended forms, symbolism, and architectural movement, Mowa invites viewers into a space of spiritual flight, reflection, and awakening.
 

 

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