{"id":1880,"date":"2013-05-27T12:21:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2013-05-31T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:46:22","slug":"asha-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/asha-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"“Asha Zero: Who’s the Parasite & Who’s the Host”: a profile by Shane De Lange"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smedective<\/p>\n

Kolaj<\/em>\u00a0Magazine<\/em> presented a discussion of work by South African artist Asha Zero in Issue Four<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The profile was written by South African writer Shane De Lange, who has written extensively about the artist\/phenomenon over the years. De Lange says, “Asha is one of my closest friends…Although Asha and I enjoy playing Dada-esque identity games like that, I see myself more like Asha’s [Clement] Greenberg to my [Jackson] Pollock.”<\/p>\n

What is in a name, other than signifying cancellation? Asha Zero\u2019s paintings are testaments to this question. Even if read as a name, Zero as a moniker would nonetheless signify a vacuum, an indecipherable title with no discernable gender, politics, ethnicity, or socio-economic standing. Much like a brand, Zero interrogates the anonymity of the subject, the value of deception, where information is ubiquitous, and schizophrenia combines with anxiety to construct a benchmark for the here and now. From this basis, Zero appropriates from the media, creating trompe l\u2019oeil<\/em> painted surfaces that not only resemble collage, but also resign to the conceptual underpinnings of collage.<\/h2>\n

To read the full profile, purchase Issue Four<\/a> or SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to never miss an issue.<\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nsmedective and friends<\/em>
\nby\u00a0Asha Zero
\n39″x47″
\nacrylic on board
\n2011
\nCourtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kolaj\u00a0Magazine presented a discussion of work by South African artist Asha Zero in Issue Four. The profile was written by South African writer Shane De Lange, who has written extensively about the artist\/phenomenon over the years. De Lange says, “Asha…<\/p>\n

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