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Detail: Nicholas Hlobo, Ingilosi, 2015, lint en leer op katoenen doek, 2 delen, elk ca. 120 x 90 cm, totaal: 170 x 202 cm. part. coll. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York en Hong Kong
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NICHOLAS HLOBO. IMILONJI YEMBALI (MELODIES OF HISTORY)
12/2/2016-16/5/2016
Nicholas Hlobo’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, following exhibitions in Tate Modern in London and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo
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Posted 18 March 2016
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Nicholas Hlobo (Cape Town, 1975) makes installations which abound in colours, textiles and embroidery. They are reminiscent of the colourful clothing of African women. But a closer look reveals the second layer which refers to the gruesome and violent past of South Africa during apartheid and after apartheid.
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Nicholas Hlobo, Balindile V, 2012, binnenband, lint, waterslang, staal, 160 x 50 cm. (variabele afm.), THE EKARD COLLECTION
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In the same year he represented his country together with Mary Sibande at the Venice Biennale. Since then he has exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo and in Tate Modern, London. The work of Nicholas Hlobo was first shown in the Netherlands in 2012, at Beelden aan Zee Museum then too, in the large-scale special exhibition of contemporary sculpture from South Africa: The Rainbow Nation.
Hlobo’s work is theatrical and suggestive, with an exuberant and baroque style. Hlobo is black and homosexual: these facts have irrevocable consequences for the place he occupies in society. He depicts the beautiful side in a soft way, using textiles, and alternates this with materials like rubber which symbolize the horrifying world of violence and humiliation. In the exhibition he shows the contrast between tradition and modernity.
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Nicholas Hlobo, Unongayindoda, installatie met Imtyibilizi Xa Yomile (jurk) 2006 organza, rubber, lint, 260 x 600 x 330 cm. (variabel); In a while (handtas) 2006; handtas, rubberen binnenband, lint 34 x 53 x 46 cm. (variabel); laarzen van de performance, Igqirha Lendlela, 2005, rubberen binnenband, lint 43 x 52 x 43 cm. (variabel), gedragen tijdens performance Vansa conferentie, Kaapstad, februari 2006. part. coll. Oostenrijk
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Detail: Nicholas Hlobo, Ingilosi, 2015, lint en leer op katoenen doek, 2 delen, elk ca. 120 x 90 cm, totaal: 170 x 202 cm. part. coll. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York en Hong Kong
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Nicholas Hlobo, Ingilosi, 2015, lint en leer op katoenen doek, 2 delen, elk ca. 120 x 90 cm, totaal: 170 x 202 cm. part. coll. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York en Hong Kong
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Nicholas Hlobo, Ingilosi, 2015, lint en leer op katoenen doek, 2 delen, elk ca. 120 x 90 cm, totaal: 170 x 202 cm. part. coll. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York en Hong Kong
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Nicholas Hlobo, Thoba, Utsale Umnxeba, 2008, fabric, rubber inner tube, ribbon, lace, tassels, impepho mat, cm 225 x 253 x 240 (site specific), Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg
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The exhibition’s title, Imilonji yembali (Melodies of History), refers to the history of the Xhosa culture: a culture and language with a melodic character. He reappropriates this culture, but on his own terms and conditions and in a way that suits his individuality, which has not been accepted all that long in the eventful history of South Africa.
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