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Last One Standing, 2010
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Last One Standing is Tanya Poole’s latest series of work. Taking as her starting point the idea of unsustainable dualities, she uses, as a visual analogy, an imaginary series of fights between karateka (those who practice karate) and animals. These images are a playful narrative on our tendency to seeing the world in a context of polarities, to dominate rather than to engage. These are cautionary tales, a reminder that what we seek to dominate, we often end up destroying.
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 Nolan and the Wolf, 2010 oil and enamel 80 x 120cm |
 Nolan and the Monkeys, 2010 oil, enamel 80 x 120cm |
 Nolan and the Monkeys 2, 2010 oil, enamel 80 x 120cm |
 Lisa and the Wolf, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Lisa and the Tiger, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Goba and the Lion, 2010 oil on canvas 80 x 120cm |
 Goba and the Lion, 2010 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Boy and Tiger, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Boy and Monkey, 2010 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Alan and the Tiger, 2010 oil on canvas 80 x 120cm |
 Tanya and the Wolves, 2010 oil on canvas 80 x 120cm |
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 Alexander, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Christine, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Elvis, 2009 ink and glass paint on paper 20 x 30cm |
 Elvis 2, 2009 ink and glass paint on paper 20 x 30cm |
 Neziwe, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Neziwe (fists up), 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Mzwandile, 2009 ink and glass paint on paper 20 x 30cm |
 Mzwandile (2), 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Mahala, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |
 Goba, 2009 ink on paper 30 x 40cm |