David Koloane

Street Dogs 5, 2005

David Koloane’s ‘Street Dogs’ series captures the raw energy and tension of life in South Africa’s urban spaces, using stray dogs as metaphors for marginalisation, survival, and resilience. The works evoke the chaos and vulnerability of the streets, reflecting Koloane’s deep engagement with the socio-political realities of the apartheid and post-apartheid cityscape. The dogs become symbolic figures, both witnesses to and products of a fractured, restless society.