Keya Tama is a South African artist who says he goals to “reunite outdated and new via contrasting but unified iconography.” Tama’s expertise for crafting interlocking creatures, both within the backgrounds of his work or within the type of murals, additionally remembers the work of M.C. Escher. Not too long ago, the Los Angeles-based artist has additionally been collaborating with others in his items, such because the work with Caratoes beneath.
On his site, Tama typically shares perception into the creation of the piece. The highest work “was impressed by resistance and the need of embodying the shadow self.” Whereas the one beneath “was impressed by the idea of adjustment versus expectation. It focuses on refining two competing compartmentalized sides of our interpersonal relationships with identification.”
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