Using perspective in artworks

Siyabonga Sikosana, born in 1978, paints pictures mainly of his home, Willowfountain, a township near Pietermaritzburg. Sikosana paints in a careful, exact style, as if he is determined to make a precise recording of what he sees (or, sometimes, imagines). His images are filled with  humour, and human narrative – while also revealing difficult social conditions and the realities of being poor.

His careful observation of space, and his use of perspective, are very much part of this desire to accurately record what is there: an almost scientific approach to documenting the scene before him.