© Figures

A spare composition of two schematic figures rendered in dark marks against a heavily textured, pale ground. The work employs minimal gestural notation—simplified forms suggesting human presence through economy of line and tone. The acrylic surface bears visible weathering and distressing at its edges, creating an aged, contemplative quality. Matlhabe’s practice centres on portraiture as a vehicle for social commentary, and this reduced formal language may signal an investigation into the essential versus the ornamental.