KÜNSTLERHAUS

BETHANIEN

Künstler*innen

Joba Jonathan

Namibia

My work is dealing with the society to which I belong. I try to gain absolute freedom in art by borrowing images and signs from a wide range of sources such as my personal experiences, memories and imagination as well as poetry, music, commonplace objects or daily events around the world. In African art, it is very common to use symbols, signs, letters and numbers, as most of its topics are related to everyday stories, thoughts and ideas about society.

My work addresses those issues through a variety of media such as printmaking, painting and drawing. Artworks from the past two centuries furthermore serve as a guideline for my attempt to achieve freedom of action and expression.

STAY
01.11.2009 – 31.10.2010