Mother - Black Coca Cola Series - 2015
26.38 x 31.89 inch - 67 x 81 cm
Fuji crystal archival print - Dibond mounted
Edition 2/10
Xhosa Woman - Black Coca Cola Series - 2015
26.38 x 31.89 inch - 67 x 81 cm
Fuji crystal archival print - Dibond mounted
Edition 2/10
Pin-Up - Black Coca Cola Series - 2015
26.38 x 31.89 inch - 67 x 81 cm
Fuji crystal archival print - Dibond mounted
Edition 2/10
Bunny Girl - Black Coca Cola Series - 2015
26.38 x 31.89 inch - 67 x 81 cm
Fuji crystal archival print - Dibond mounted
Edition 2/10
Free 'da' Gum Series - 2015
59.06 x 39.37 inch - 150 x 100 cm
C-type Fuji Crystal archival print, Diasec mounted
Indian Lady - 2015
31.5 x 27.56 inch - 80 x 70 cm
C-type Fuji Crystal archival print, Diasec mounted
UTwiggy II - 2015
19.69 x 15.35 inch - 50 x 39 cm
Fuji crystal archival print - Dibond mounted
Ixhego I -
60 x 40 inch - 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Mixed media on paper
Tony Gum
Born 1995, Cape Town, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
"Dubbed the coolest kid in Cape Town by Vogue, 20 year old self-portraitist Tony Gum will have her first solo presentation at Christopher Moller Gallery at the FNB JoburgArtFair this year. The lively young artist fuses specific brands like Coca-Cola with an array of projected identities that range from the matriarch in traditional Xhosa costume to the West End Playboy Bunny. In doing so, she presents an ironic and playful take on the universal preoccupation with identity politics.
Working both behind the scenes and front-and-centre, Tony flits between the roles of art director, model, stylist and photographer when creating her conceptual imagery. In her bio on the ArtFair site she’s described as the new ‘plastiglomerate’ –an artist able to splice the moral with the synthetic as well as high art and trash to capture the radio-active buzz of this particular moment in art.
“There actually is no point where I decided that I wanted to pursue art, it just came at me as a surprise,” says Tony, who shares her journey and inspirations in a video portrait by Josh Hayman that gives us a candid glimpse into her creative process."
Written by Jessica Hunkin on September 2, 2015 - Between 10 and 5
tonygum.blogspot.com
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Solo show, KAT’EMNYAMA CONTINUED,
Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
22 November – 03 January
2018
Solo show, Rock Cause Analysis, C-Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017
Solo show, Ode to She, Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Christopher Moller
2016
Cape Town Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
2015
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
SELECTED CONFERENCES
2017
Panelist at the ‘’21st Century Feminism and the Arts’’ panel, at the African Art in Venice Forum – Venice Biennale
Keynote speaker at the Wired Japan Conference (WRD IDNTTY – Why Diversity Matters) in Tokyo
2016
Design Indaba Speaker
AWARDS
2017
Pulse Art Fair Grant Jury Award for best solo exhibition
2016
Perez Art Museum Miami Top 20 (PAMM) Picks – Art Basel Miami 2016
COLLECTIONS
Jean Pigozzi Collection
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
"Dubbed the coolest kid in Cape Town by Vogue, 20 year old self-portraitist Tony Gum will have her first solo presentation at Christopher Moller Gallery at the FNB JoburgArtFair this year. The lively young artist fuses specific brands like Coca-Cola with an array of projected identities that range from the matriarch in traditional Xhosa costume to the West End Playboy Bunny. In doing so, she presents an ironic and playful take on the universal preoccupation with identity politics.
Working both behind the scenes and front-and-centre, Tony flits between the roles of art director, model, stylist and photographer when creating her conceptual imagery. In her bio on the ArtFair site she’s described as the new ‘plastiglomerate’ –an artist able to splice the moral with the synthetic as well as high art and trash to capture the radio-active buzz of this particular moment in art.
“There actually is no point where I decided that I wanted to pursue art, it just came at me as a surprise,” says Tony, who shares her journey and inspirations in a video portrait by Josh Hayman that gives us a candid glimpse into her creative process."
Written by Jessica Hunkin on September 2, 2015 - Between 10 and 5
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Solo show, KAT’EMNYAMA CONTINUED,
Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
22 November – 03 January
2018
Solo show, Rock Cause Analysis, C-Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017
Solo show, Ode to She, Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Christopher Moller
2016
Cape Town Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
2015
Johannesburg Art Fair, Christopher Moller Gallery
SELECTED CONFERENCES
2017
Panelist at the ‘’21st Century Feminism and the Arts’’ panel, at the African Art in Venice Forum – Venice Biennale
Keynote speaker at the Wired Japan Conference (WRD IDNTTY – Why Diversity Matters) in Tokyo
2016
Design Indaba Speaker
AWARDS
2017
Pulse Art Fair Grant Jury Award for best solo exhibition
2016
Perez Art Museum Miami Top 20 (PAMM) Picks – Art Basel Miami 2016
COLLECTIONS
Jean Pigozzi Collection