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Athi-Patra Ruga & Studio
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South African artist who uses performance, painting, video, textiles to explore notions of utopia in relation to post-Apartheid, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality and ideology,often creating cultural hybrids.
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Watusi Queen by Irma Stern
Bruecke Museum , Berlin
July 2025
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September 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM

Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’)

SEP 11, 2025 - JAN 18, 2026
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Athi-Patra Ruga by Luke Bell Doman.
August 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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uFanon eSalon
Tapestry in Petit Point
70 cm x 90 cm
2022
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August 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The Apparition
Archival print
2018
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April 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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December 4, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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On the Lip of The Negress (Feral Francois)
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on Belgian linen
72 × 57 cm
2024
#oilpainting #contemporaryart #queerart #blackart #africanart
December 3, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Jacob About to Wrestle an Angel
Athi-Patra Ruga
Wool and thread on petit point tapestry
190 x 144 cm
2021
November 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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The Provost was also Prisoner
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
32 x 23,5 cm
2024
#contemporaryart
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November 27, 2024 at 5:40 AM
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Hardened heart
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on Belgian linen
105 x 77 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Tomorrow belongs to Me
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 53 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Desire Marea (Labanotation),
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on Belgian linen
90 x 63 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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ulyali noAlgernon (Charlie and Algernon)
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 53 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Dyani Mfenqu on the Kei River
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 53 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Pan
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on Belgian linen
72 × 57 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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The Crane of Golgotha
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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The Clown of Fort Glamorgan
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
2024
November 26, 2024 at 1:14 PM