LIS10 Gallery Hong Kong and Art Perspective are pleased to present Ritual Lines, a two-person exhibition bringing together Dr Esther Mahlangu and Foster Sakyiamah. Across generations and distinct cultural contexts, the exhibition approaches line and pattern as a system of meaning—a way to transmit knowledge, hold memory, and activate the painted surface as a lived, embodied space.

For Dr Esther Mahlangu, line operates as language: precise, radiant, and inherited. Rooted in the visual traditions of isiNdebele painting, she carries a living vocabulary of geometry, symmetry, and colour into contemporary formats—extending cultural codes beyond the architecture of the home and into today’s global art conversation.

In Foster Sakyiamah’s paintings, line becomes atmosphere: an interlacing field of curved strokes that generates rhythm, depth, and vibration. Based in Accra, Ghana, Sakyiamah is known for vivid palettes and distinctive curved linear patterning, where figures emerge through—and at times merge with—a pulsing ground, transforming everyday scenes into images charged with movement and presence.

Placed in dialogue, Ritual Lines frames repetition as intention and pattern as architecture—arriving at a shared proposition: line as a carrier of time, identity, and collective experience.

Dr Esther Mahlangu (b. 1935, South Africa) is internationally celebrated for bringing Ndebele aesthetics—bold geometry, disciplined line, and luminous colour—into contemporary art contexts.
Foster Sakyiamah (b. 1983, Ghana) lives and works in Accra. His paintings are recognized for vibrant colour and curved linear fields that create a distinctive visual pulse.