Let Me Play You My Song

Khomotso Phetla - Borderless Grounds

An expressive figure playing a musical instrument. This is work about music being one of the tools we use to learn and tell our stories, not only for ourselves but for those who live moments afterwards. By rendering the auditory art of jazz through the primal medium of charcoal, this artwork illustrates that music is not fleeting entertainment, but an enduring, visceral monument that locks our transient existence into the fabric of time.

Charcoal and watercolour on brown paper. 20 x 30 cm (20 x 30 x 5 cm framed). 2025.