T G .

. an artist in learning, a storyteller in grooming / young reflections & life lessons .

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"under the sea caught admiring, yet all along I was the siren."

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Second year of celebrating 'Master Creation' (aka Mother's Day), thank you to my Son for choosing me (2023).

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hi.

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(paris, 2024)

Tony Gum.

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Lauryn Hill, pregnant with Zion. Orange, NJ, 1997. Photographed by Brian Cross.

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 Beuford Smith | Fredericka in the Rain, 1970s

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Tony Gum’s Milked In Africa (2021) featured in Vogue September Issue 2022 for Prada.

Artwork by Tony Gum; Photography by Sarah Feingold; Milk Box design by Keenan Oliver and exhibition curated by Meredith Breech at Fotografiska New York.

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Tony Gum’s Milked In Africa (2021) featured in Vogue September Issue 2022 for Prada.

Photography by Sarah Feingold; Styling by Julienne M’Poko and exhibition curated by Meredith Breech at Fotografiska New York.

Tony is wearing Lukhanyo Mdingi.

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just a few images from the opening night of ‘Milked In Africa’  (i’m not crying, you are !!! 🥹)

the exhibition is currently on view with Fotografiska New York till 21 August 2022. curated by Meredith Denise, exhibition text by Lungi Morrison and opening night images by Leandro Justen

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Milked In Africa by Tony Gum - revisited.

Froze (2021).

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Milked In Africa by Tony Gum - revisited (2021). 

grill scans.

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tony gum for l’officiel paris by me, june/july 2019

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Tony Gum starring as uTony for the Chloe Cart Blanche campaign: Klo Way (2020).

‘Klo Way’ is a South African colloquial, a combining of words ‘kulo’ meaning at/there in isiXhosa; and ‘way’ (phonetically pronounced ‘weigh’) meaning place or thing.

The story subtly illustrates a curated environment of the ‘place or thing’ by emulating portraits taken emcimbini (a cultural family gathering). These portraits are seen through a fourth wall which reveals the candid actions and moods of the attendees. Giving little reason as to why umcimbi is being conducted, emphasis is placed on the various versions of uTony just being present.

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Tony Gum starring as uTony for the Chloe Cart Blanche campaign: Klo Way (2020).

‘Klo Way’ is a South African colloquial, a combining of words ‘kulo’ meaning at/there in isiXhosa; and ‘way’ (phonetically pronounced ‘weigh’) meaning place or thing.

behind the scenes polaroids.

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setting up the 'Tony Lounge' with The Fourth, 2021.

my first painting exhibition - eek. 

2020 really incited the difference. i was quite eager to creatively embark on something that scared me (painting), whilst knowing very well i had a knack for it. amongst the chaos, life was at a stand still it and highlighted the theme that would go on to become: 

yet still-life is still life and still... there is life.

a metaphorical cringe (some might say) but it extends an appreciation for the inanimate objects which surround our everyday existence, and beckons to state that even the breathless objects do have life.

you feel me?

captured here is the painting titled: it’s pronounced ‘goom’. an attempt at correction. so if you, like many, didn’t know how pronounce my surname correctly - here it it :)