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Untitled 5 - Abantu Bethu; sigxagxa I - 16 Shots; and Amanda Awezitabane! - Abantu Bethu Installation Image

Musa N Nxumalo

Biennale of Sydney

Biennale of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

"I wanted to find a tool and a voice that would allow me to contribute to and transform critical and progressive narratives about my country and people. Visual arts and photography, in particular, became the vehicles that have given me the Edge to make it happen."

Rather than defining spaces, such as clubs and protests, as different worlds, Nxumalo chooses to capture the intimate in public movements of young people across collective spaces, often capturing a common spirit and energy.

A raised fist and a strident walk down a catwalk, darkly lit club settings and collective movement to music or at a protest, Nxumalo often navigates spaces of both individual creative expression within dynamic collective gatherings, places of joy, resistance, and sharing space, his work becomes an archive of South African youth culture as it moves.

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  • Title: Untitled 5 - Abantu Bethu; sigxagxa I - 16 Shots; and Amanda Awezitabane! - Abantu Bethu Installation Image
  • Creator: Musa N Nxumalo
  • Date Created: 2017/2020
  • Location Created: Campbelltown Arts Centre
  • Physical Dimensions: dimensions variable
  • Provenance: Presented at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from the Sherman Foundation. Courtesy the artist and SMAC Gallery, Cape Town / Johannesburg / Stellenbosch.
  • Type: photograph
  • Rights: Biennale of Sydney
  • Medium: inkjet print
  • Edition: 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020): NIRIN
Biennale of Sydney

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