Namibia/South Africa
Jo Rogge (b. 1963, South Africa/Namibia) is a committed activist for non-binary rights and interrogator of the ‘othered’ body, as well as a long-term commentator on the international migrant crisis.
Their work is a personal reflection on displacement, family lineage and identity. It ranges from the figurative to the abstract in thinking about belonging, bodily territory, and experiences of being gender fluid and queer. The King Protea is a recurring motif in Rogge’s work; as South Africa’s national flower – and emblem on state documentation such as passports and birth certificates – the protea explores the intersections between citizen, self and ‘home’. Working with their father’s deconstructed sea-maps of unknown places, Rogge resurfaces these with vintage road maps of South Africa, questioning imposed borders and boundaries, navigating infinite journeys of the interior self.
You can follow Jo on Artsy.
Rogge lives and works between Namibia and South Africa, and has worked with Guns & Rain since 2015. They are the founder of the NJE Collective, which facilitates informal mentorship, opportunities and resources for emerging and established artists from the southern Africa region. The collective has participated in numerous art fairs since 2016. Rogge was the recipient of a grant from the Other Foundation to create a body of work addressing identity, stigma and discrimination in the LGBTI community in Namibia and acted as advisor and editor for the first-ever documentary film about young black transgender Namibians. Rogge also works in design and publishing for human rights organisations such as UNICEF Namibia and ARASA.
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Abstract, History, Migration
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Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) As Snakes Shed Skin 2021 Found Objects, Plastic, Rubber & Thread 115 x 60 x 4 cm
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) Swallowing Ondelela 2021 Found Object & Thread 150 x 40 x 3.5 cm
Abstract, Identity, Migration
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) Snails Are A Type of Voluptuousness 2021 Found Object & Thread 90 x 30 x 30 cm
Abstract, History, Identity
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Abstract, History, Identity, Migration
$1,000.00
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) A Drawn Game 2021 Found Object, Thread & Plastic 96 x 76 x 1 cm
$600.00
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) Call Home 2021 Found Objects, Nylon, Plastic & Thread 115 x 42 x 7 cm
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) We Are No Longer Talking To Each Other 2021 Found objects assemblage 70 x 27 x 8 cm
$800.00
Jo Rogge (SA/Namibia) Verdala Is Not a Verb 2021 Found Object & Thread 40 x 50 x 3.5 cm
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