Leon Botha
Leon Botha (born June 4, 1985 in Cape Town ; † June 5, 2011 ibid) was a South African painter and DJ who suffered from progeria .
Life
Botha was born in South Africa. He was diagnosed with progeria around the age of four . He didn't get any painting training in high school, but after graduating from high school he became a full-time painter and got some commissioned work. In 2005 he successfully underwent coronary artery bypass surgery to prevent a heart attack . In January 2007 Botha opened his first own art exhibition entitled " Liquid Sword; I am HipHop ", which revolves around hip-hop culture as a way of life. The exhibition took place in the Rust-en-Vrede gallery in Durbanville and was opened by Mr Fat, a member of the South African hip-hop group Brasse Vannie Kaap. His second solo exhibition opened in March 2009 and featured stages in the artist's life. Botha was asked if the title Liquid Swords; Slices of Lemon on the proverb If life gives you lemons, make lemonade out of them. ("If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.") Alludes. Botha said no , and added " Lemons? I slice 'em and serve' em back !"
In January 2010, he hosted the first exhibition of "Who Am I? ... Transgressions", a photo collaboration with Gordon Clark at the Joao Ferreira Gallery in Cape Town. Botha said about the exhibition " I am a spiritual being, the same as you, primarily. Then I'm a human being and this part of the human being is the body, which has a condition. "
Under the name DJ Solarize he also worked as a hip-hop DJ and appeared in the opening act for the band Die Antwoord and had an appearance in their music video for "Enter the Ninja". Since Botha's death, Antwoord has had a video with a portrait of Botha looking into the audience before live concerts in the line-up.
Botha died the day after his 26th birthday. He was one of the oldest progeria sufferers at all.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Staff report (January 14, 2010). Transcend and Transgress , Mail & Guardian
- ^ Sampson, Lin (October 17, 2009). "Coming of Age: Cover Story", The Times (South Africa)
- ^ Van Zyl, Peter (January 11, 2007). Art from my hip-hop heart. YOU
- ↑ Scholtz, Vennessa (January 18, 2007). Leon uses the paintbrush as a 'weapon.' Tygertalk
- ↑ Harris, Simone. Leon Botha: Time to work. HYPE magazine (South Africa)
- ↑ Peters, Melanie (April 11, 2009). Progeria victim finds life in art. Independent on Saturday, South Africa
- ^ Clifford-Holmes, Lauren (January 15, 2010). The Fiber of Reality , Mail & Guardian
- ^ Clark, Gordon, and Leon Botha (2010). "Who Am I? ... Transgressions" via YouTube
- ↑ Barshad, Amos (March 2, 2010). Mysterious Internet Sensation Die Antwoord on Why They're For Real, Maybe. New York (accessed March 20, 2010).
- ↑ Chase Niesner: Thank God for Die Antwoord ( September 14, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), February 19, 2010, Yale Daily News
- ↑ Jardin, Xeni (February 3, 2010). Die Antwoord, S. African zef-rap, and Progeria survivor Leon Botha. ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Boing Boing
- ↑ Intro.de: The head of the artist DJ Leon Botha, who died in 2011, hovers above everything on a huge canvas. - Review: Die Antwoord live in Cologne - Pop - INTRO ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from January 20, 2015
- ↑ Leon Botha at Variety .com
- ↑ Leon Botha at welt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Botha, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African painter and DJ |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Cape Town |