This painting by South African artist Dada Khanyisa embodies the artist’s abiding interest in what they refer to as “going out” culture—the fashion, styles, body language, and behavioral tropes of people who socialize in groups in public, often in bars, cafes, and clubs. The message on one figure’s t-shirt—which serves as the title of the work—spotlights a concern that seems prevalent among many members of this subculture: the prioritization of the need to attract others to themselves. Khanyisa’s practice centers images of the everyday people and situations they encounter. They magnify the mundane, and focus on figures who communicate their personalities and social attitudes through their body language. Throughout the work are references to the culture, food, drinks and fashion of the current moment in Cape Town, where Khanyisa lives and works. “I try to honor my immediate reality as best as I can,” Khanyisa says. “In my community our problems are not so much racial, because I am around a lot of Black people. In a community that is not governed by racial laws, when you live with people that look like you, the enemy looks like you, and your friend looks like you. You have to deal with the person and the things that make them who they are. How do you navigate a world where you’re not dealing with people based on prejudices? That’s what I am trying to translate.”