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Zwelethu's
creativity is focused on two main technical areas, photography and
pastel drawing, both of which are executed in strong colours and
in vibrant immediacy which convey an emerging aesthetic acting as
potent social comment. '
Born 1960 Durban. |
| Studies
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1984 - Diploma in Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Arts, Cape Town
1985 - Advanced Diploma in Fine Art
1989 - Graduated with a Masters in Imaging Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology in America
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| Solo
Exhibitions: (info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
| 2005
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The Whole World is Rotten, Free Radicals and the Gold Coast Slave
Castles of PAA Joe, organized by Claude Simard at the Jack Shainman Gallery,New York, USA
Venice Biennale 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
Emergencies, at the Museo de Arte Contemporeneo de Castilla y Leon, MUSAC
Leon, Spain
Prague Biennale Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell, curated by Philip Brookman and Jacquelyn Days
Serwer, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, U.S.A.
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| 2004
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' Contemporary South African
Art ', Museum Bochum, Germany
'
Line of Negotiation' Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
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| 2003
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'
New Works '
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
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'
Interior Portraits : Zwelethu Mthethwa photographs ' ,
Cleveland
Museum, Ohio
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Luckman
Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
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National
Art Gallery of Malaysia
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Association for visual Arts, Cape Town
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Art Unlimited ' The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Art Basel, Miami
Art Basel, Switzerland
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| 2002
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Gallery
Hengevoss-Durkop, Hamburg, Germany
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Museum
of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Marco
Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
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| 2001
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Barcelona
Contemporary Cultural Center, Spain
Centro Culturale "Trevi", Bolzano
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'
Rebirth Art Unlimited '
Marco Noire Contemporary Art
Art Basel, Miami
Art Basel, Switzerland
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Centre
National de la Photographie, Paris, France
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'
Mother and child ', Marco Noire Contemporary Art, San
Sebastiano, Italy
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'
Private Spaces ', The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
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| 2000
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Jack
Shainman Gallery, New York
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Palazzo
delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
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'
Rebirth ', Project Room, FIAC Paris, Marco Noire Contemporary Art,
Paris, France
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| 1999
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Claiming Art Reclaiming Space,
National Museum of African Art,
Washington DC.
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Project
Room, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Koln, Germany
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Galerie
Hengevoss & Jensen Triennale der photographie, Hamburg,
Germany
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Project
Room, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, ARCO, Madrid,
Spain
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| 1998
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Marco
Noire Contemporary Art, San Sebastiano, Italy
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Goodman
Gallery, Johannesburg
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| 1997
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Kohn
Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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| 1992
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Gallery
de Lyons, Cape Town
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| 1991
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African
Art Centre, Durban
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South
African Association for Arts, Cape Town
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| 1987
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College
Union, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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| 1986
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South
African Association for Arts, Cape Town
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Group
Exhibitions:
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| 2006
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'Africa
Remix', Hayward Gallery, London
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| 2005
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'Africa
Remix', Centre Pompidou, Paris
'Africa Remix', Mori Art Museum, Tokio
' Contemporary South African
Art ', Pretoria Art Museum
' Contemporary South African Art ', Johannesburg Art Gallery
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| 2004
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Passaporto, Le Meridien Lingotto Art & Tech,
Torino, Italy
Ipermercati dell’Arte, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy
Made in Africa Fotografia, Musei di Porta Romana, Milano, March, Italy
Festival della Fotografia, British Academy, Roma, Italy.
Festival Couleur Café, Tour et Taxis, Bruxelles, Belgium
New Identities-Contemporary South African Art, Bochum Museum, Bochum, Germany
African Remix, Dusseldorf
Museum Kunst Palast
Hayward Gallery, London
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Sao Paulo Biennale, curated by Alfons Hug, Simon Njami.
Postcards from Cuba – a selection from the 8th Habana Biennale
5th African Photography Encounters in Bamako, Mali
5th Bamako Encounters, “Afritudine”, Musei di Porta Romama / Galleria Arteutopia, Italy; “Grenier a sel” in
Honfleur, France; Kornhausforum, Berne, SwitzerlandPrague Biennale
'Common Ground : Discovering Community in 150 Years of
Art', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Henie Onstad Kunstenter in Oslo, Norway.
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
The
ID of South African Artists , Amsterdam, exhibition
accompanying the musical, The Lion King
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| 2003/4
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'Outlook'
Athens Greece curator: Christos M. Joachimides
'The
Gift: Generous Offering, Threatening Hospitality'
'Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, New York
Govett-Brewtser Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
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| 2003
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Photography
Triennale, International Centre for Photography, New York
'Body and the Archive', Artist Space, New York
Direction des Vth African Photography Encounters, Bamako, Mali
Sharjah International Biennale
Istanbul Biennale
8th Havana Biennale
Outlook, Athens, Greece
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| 2002
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'Fuori
Uso' 2002, Ferrotel, Pescara, Italy
'In Situ: Portraits of People at home,' Hand Workshop Art
Centre, Richmond, Viginia, USA
'Dis/location', Bilbao, Spain
Centro Cultural de Maria, O'Porto, Portugal
'Trade - Wares, ways and values in world trade today', Nederland
Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, Holland
'The Gjft, generous offering, threatening hospitalities',
Scottsdale Museum di
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
'Sudafrica: lapittura, lafotografia, il cinema', Centro "Trevi", Bolzano, Italy
'Untitled', Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
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| 2001
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'Cutting
Edge',
ARCO Madrid, Marco Noire Contemporary Art
'The Short Century, Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1
945-1994',
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Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL - USA
PSI Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY - USA
'Africa Today: The Artist and the City', Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
'TRADE - Wares, ways and values in world trade today', Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Germany
'Dis/location', PhotoEspana 2001, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid,
Spain
The Gift generous offering, threating hospitalities, :
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Palazzo Candiolo, Venice, Italy
San Francisco, CA - USA
'+ Storie contemporanee', Museo Civico di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
'I Love NY', Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
'A Passion for Art The Disaronno Originale Photography
Collection',
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Miami Art Museum, Miami FL
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
University of California, Berkeley, Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
'Boomerang: Collector's Choice', Exit Art, New York, NY
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| 2000
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'Paris
pour escale',
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
A.r.e.a. 2000, Reykjavik, Iceland
Dakar
Biennale, Senegal
'Architecture, apartheid and after', Van Reekum Museum,
Rotterdam, Holland
'Democracy's Image photographs and visual art after apartheid', Bild
Museum, Sweden
'Africa by Africa', Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre,
London, UK
'Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, dreams, and the Contemporary
Awakening', Centre for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson,
New York
'The Short Century, Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa
1945-1994',
Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
'Shopping: Art and Consumer Culture', travelling exhibition to:
Schrin Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt -Germany
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool - U.K.
'Tracing the Rainbow', travelling exhibition to:
Kunst Raum Sylt-Quelle, Germany
Kulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg/Necktar, Germany
'Videoarte Africana', 250 Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
'Untitled', Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
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| 1999
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'Fondazione
Bevilacqua',
Barbero, Venezia, Italy
Camouflage, Hans Bogatzke Collection of Contemporary African Art,
Bruxelles, Belgique
II sentimento del 2000, Triennale di Milano-Photomedia Europe 1999,
Milano, Italy
Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, Museum for African Art,
New York, New York, USA :
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA
Iris & B. Gerald Canto Center For Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA
The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
South meets West, The National Museum Accra Ghana.
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Toward-Transit, New visual languages in South Africa, Pro Belvetia Art
Council of Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Photoespana 99: images for dignity, Madrid, Spain
Site Santa Fe: looking for a place, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Goteborg, Sweden
Rewind fast forward.ZA, Van Reekum Museum in Apeldoorn, Holland
Project Conflux, Tendances Mikado, Luxembourg
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1997
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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
'Ljft Off', Goodman Gallery, Joannesburg, South Africa
'Photo Syntesis-Contemporary South African Photography', Grahamstown Art
Festival
'La Boheme: Noir', Primart Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
'Trade Routes: History and Geography', Johannesburg Biennale, EletricWorkshop, Gauteng, South Africa
'CRAM', Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
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1996
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Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Chicago Art Fair,
Chicago
Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
'Simunye ( we are one )', Adelson Gallery, New York
'Contemporary Art from South Africa', Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
'Contemporary S.A. Art 85 - 95', South African National Gallery, Cape
Town
'Seven Artists from South Africa', Boumani Gallery, San Francisco
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1995
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'World Economic Forum',
Davos, Switzerland
'Crosscurrents', Very Special Arts Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
'Africa 95', Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Great Britain and
Dusseldorf, Germany
Johannesburg Biennal, Johannesburg, South Africa
'3 Person Show', S.A. Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
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1994
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'Crosscurrents',
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach
'South African Artists', Ottobrunn, Germany |
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1993
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'Grand Prix International d'Arts Plastiques, International Visual
Arts',
Nice, France
Biennale of Blustration Bratislava, Slovan Republic
Galerie de Lyons, Cape Town, South Africa
Abidjan Biennale,
Ivory Coast, South Africa |
| 1991
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S.A. Associationof Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Daljosafat Arts Centre, Paarl, South Africa |
| 1990
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NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
| 1989
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Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY |
| 1988
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Bethune Gallery, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, NY
Rainbow Gallery, S.U.N.Y. Brocknort. NY |
| 1986
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S.A.
Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of Natal, Durban, South
Africa |
| 1985
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Michaelis
Gallery, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Represented: |
Guggenheim
Museum Collection, USA
International Centre for Photography, New York
Bronx Museum, New York
National Museum of African Art,
Washington DC
New Museum, New York
The Corcoran Museum Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Daimler Chrysler Collection
Department of Education Trust
Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, North Western University
University of the Witwatersrand,
Trasnet Ldt.
S.A. Reserve Bank, Pretoria
Berdboys, Rand Merchant Bank
Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.
Arco Foundation (Madrid)
Bouwond (Holland)
Kunsthalle Hamburg (Germany)
Boland Bank
PKS (South Africa)
LA County Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
Siemens Ltd. South Africa
ABSA Bank, South Africa
MTN collection, South Africa
Vodacom, South Africa
JSE - Stock Exchange, Johannesburg
Stellenbosch University (South Africa),
Samuel Barn Museum, Miami (Usa), South Africa, National Gallery
South African National Museum, Cape Town
Wooltru ( Cape Town )
SASOL Collection
Durban Art Gallery
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Gilbey's Ltd.
Metropolitain Life
South African Breweries
Old Mutual Collection
Gencor Collection, Johannesburg
University of South Africa, Pretoria
South African Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Pretoria Art Museum
SANLAM Collection
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC., USA
Smithsonian, Arco Foundation, USA
University of Pretoria
Transnet Collection
South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria
Rand Merchant Bank |
| Publications:
(info. provided by
www.vgallery.co.za) |
Art Journal, Spring 2002 Vol. 61, No.1,
58-67, New York College Art, New York, NY, USA
STEVENSON M., & VILJOEN D., South African Art 1850-2002, The Goodman
Gallery
Reality- check, 2. 2002. Triennale der photographie,
Hamburg
WENDL T., FRICK O., PINTHER K., PROBST P.,
2002. Afrikanische Reklamekunst, 90-91, Peter Hammer Verlag, Germany
BOGATZKE H., BROCKMANN R., LUDSZUWEIT C., 2000.
ONDAMBO - African Art Forum, 30 - 49, 174 - 177, Gamsberg Macmillan Publishers Pty Ltd., ISNB
99916-0-211-9
MOFOKENG S., 2000. Demokratins Bilder, 80-89, Bild
Museet, Umea, Sweden
D. TILKIN D., SMITH K., 2000. Dislocation, 56-61, La Fabrica,
Madrid, Spain
MACRI T., 2000. Postculture, 122-124, Meltemi, Roma,
Italy
SEELIG T., STAEL U., JAEGGI M., 2000. Trade, 272-275, Fotomuseum Winthertur and
Scalo, CH.
SCHORR C., 2000. Great 41, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
ODENBACH M., 2000. Videoarte Africana, Catalogue 250 Bienal de Sao Paulo,
Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil
Tracing the Rainbow, Kunst und Literatur aus dem neuen Sudafrika, Seippel
Verlag
ENWEZOR O., 2001. The Short Century, Prestel, Munich, London, New York
Paris pour escale, Musée d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville de Paris, Paris, France
ZAYA O., 2000. Fresh Cream, Contemporary Art in Culture, Phaidon , London, England
MACRI T., GRAZIA M., TOBOME M.G., NOIRE M., 2000. Zwelethu
Mthethwa, Turin, Italy
FARKAS S.O., & KELLNER C., 2000. Mostra africana de Arte
Contemporanea, SESC, San Paulo, Brasil
SMITH T., MULCAIRE T., & DUFOUR G., 2000. Home, catalogue,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
LA CAIXA F., 2000. Mirades Impúdiques, Spain
G.COCHRANE G., CUCCO E., VERZOTTI G., VETTESE A., 2000. Dire
Aids, Charta, Italy
HARIU I., 2000. Arts & Human Rights, Seoul, Korea
KELLNER C., 2000. Catalogue for the Foto Biennale in Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, Holland
FIBICHER B., 2000. South meets West, Catalogue for the exhibition in Kunsthalle Bern and at the
National Museum in Accra
ZAYA O., MACRI' T., GODBY., M, 1999. Monographic Book, Marco Noire, Turin, Italy
SYDNEY LITTLEFIELD KASFIR, 1999. CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART, Thames & Hudson, London, ISBN
0-500-20328-8
LIND J., 1999. Sweden, South Africa.. .A photographic Art Exchange,
Futurniture,
Stockholm, Sweden
PALAZZOLI D., 1999. II Sentimento del 2000, catalogue for Triennale Milano,
Milano, Italy
Project Conflux, Catalogue for the exhibition in Luxembourg,
The Association for visual Art, South Africa
MINNAAR M., 1999. The Alembie Spirit, limited edition of
portfolio, Hard Ground Printmakers for the South Africa Brandy Foundation
INVARATO M.A., 1999. Phe99, Catalogue for Festival Internacional de
Fotografia, Madrid, Spain
RABIE B., 1999. "Rewind" Fast Forward, Catalogue Van
Reekum Museumn in Apeldoorn, Holland
MARTINEZ R., 1999. Looking for a place, The third International
Biennal, Santa Fe,
HERREMAN FRANK H., & D'AMATO M., 1999. Liberated Voices, Contemporary art from South Africa,
27, The Museum of African Art, New York, Prestel, Munich, London,
NY., ISBN 3-7913-2195-1
Blank - Architecture, apartheid and after, published by Hilton Judin and Ivan
Vladislavic, NAI publishers, Rotterdam, Holland.
Art in America, December 1999 edition, Report from Santa Fe, Places of the
Art, p.46-51
NOIRE M., 1998. Projects rooms, Catalogue for exhibition in Arco/Madrid, Turin, Italy
REVUE NOIRE, 1999. Athologie de la Photographie africaine, 304-307, Paris, France
JUDIN H., & VLADISLAVIC I., Blank-Architecture, apartheid and after, NAI,
Rotterdam, Holland
MAGNIN, A. a SOULILLOU, J., 1996. CONTEMPORARY ART OF AFRICA, Thames a Hudson, New York & London,
WILLIAMSON, S. & JAMAL, A., 1996. ART IN SOUTH AFRICA - THE FUTURE PRESENT,
David Philip Publishers ( Pty ) Ltd., Claremont, South Africa,
ISBN 0-86486-321-7
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