Troy Makaza
don't kiss every frog you come across, 2021

The silicone relief paintings come to life as they fold and bend, colorful mosaic-like textures revealing tensions between thick and delicate, smooth and explosive, experimental and pre-meditated.

Makaza muses that the flexibility and resilience of the silicone is a reflection of his comrades’ lives, requiring an adaptability critical to navigating the constant instability faced in contemporary Zimbabwean life. But, as much of his young generation does, he too calls for freedom. As our eyes travel across their surface, we spin tales of alien topographies; of delicious poisonous cakes; of blankets from a dream that comforts our journey through this dead of night. They are, and become, what we want them to be.

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
Installation View from Haipere nyaya yacho at Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest RO

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
(Detail)

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
(Detail)

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
(Detail)

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
(Detail)

Troy Makaza
don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Silicone infused with paint. 187 × 135 cm (74 × 53 in)
(Detail)

Troy Makaza
Court of arms, 2021 and don’t kiss every frog you come across, 2021
Installation View from Haipere nyaya yacho at Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest RO