While work is necessary and we have the freedom the earn and enjoy the good fruits of labor,
hustle culture creates a system where overworking is necessary and essential for material success and where the ultimate goal in life is to achieve wealth and prosperity, by any means necessary.
Working across charcoal, gouache, ink, felt and collage, Shomali's dynamic works on paper directly reference images
created by well - known African photographers — Sammy Baloji, Samual Fosso and Seydou Keita — in a bristling, energetic style which reflects the chaotic street
culture of Kinshasa, the
hustling and bustling Congolese capital.