Nomalandi Wenda, Parktown\n\nInstallation Image
Contemporary
2016
300.0 x 221.0 cm
Biennale of Sydney
“I am producing this photographic document to encourage people to be brave enough to occupy space, brave enough to create without fear of being vilified ... To teach people about our history, to re-think what history is all about, to re-claim it for ourselves, to encourage people to use artistic tools such as cameras as weapons to fight back …forcing the viewer to question their desire to gaze at images of my black figure”Somnyama Ngonyama features self-portraits taken in the many countries and cities Muholi has visited across the world. The artist employs various materials, often common or linked to the specific location of a shoot, to reflect the journey and explore their own image and possibilities as a black individual responding to contemporary and historical racisms in today’s global society.
Zanele Muholi (1972 –)
Zanele Muholi (nacida en 1972) es una activista visual y fotógrafa sudafricana que documenta las vidas de personas LGBTQI+ negras a través de retratos poderosos, desafiando las normas de raza, género y sexualidad.
Biennale of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
Como el principal festival de arte contemporáneo de Australia, la Bienal de Sídney ofrece exposiciones temáticas transformadoras en lugares icónicos que provocan la reflexión crítica e invitan a explorar la innovación global.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Nomalandi Wenda, Parktown\n\nInstallation Image
- Artista: Zanele Muholi
- Año: 2016
- Dimensiones originales: 300.0 x 221.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Biennale of Sydney
- Movimiento: Contemporary
- Contexto del corpus: challenging visual norms , social documentary
- Color predominante: Espresso