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Mahlangu and BMW 525i Art Car

Art of Contemporary Africa

Art of Contemporary Africa
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Mahlangu signing the BMW 525i Art Car. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1991.
© BMW Group PressClub

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  • Title: Mahlangu and BMW 525i Art Car
  • Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Rights: © BMW Group PressClub
  • Theme: Automobiles
  • Period: 1991
  • Moment: Mahlangu is the 12th of 20 artists commissioned to paint a BMW 525i Art Car; she was the first African and first woman artist to paint one. When it was completed, Mahlangu’s Art Car toured Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town in South Africa from 1 October to 14 December 1991 before it left for Germany.
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