Tag Archives: Visual arts

2018 Oct. 25: Somnyama Ngonyama

Posted on November 6, 2018 by inkanyiso2009

To name ourselves rather than be named, we must first see ourselves – Lorraine O’grady When thinking portraiture, Somnyama Ngonyama is a persistent point of reference. When questioning notions of self-identification, I refer back to this haunting work as though … Continue reading →

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2015 Dec. 8: Cultural exchange from Johannesburg to Sardinia

Posted on December 8, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse After spending nearly a week in Durban attending a conference with Feminists, Artists, Academics and Activists. On November 30 2015, collaborators and friends, Lindeka Qampi and Zanele Muholi, made their way to Italy. They are participating in … Continue reading →

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2015 May 6: Snow Black and the Huntsman – Musings on the work of Zanele Muholi

Posted on May 21, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Liona Nyariri Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence Brooklyn Museum, New York 1 May – 1 November 2015 I’m standing on the gallery floor at the Brooklyn Museum, looking down into a transparent glass coffin that lies at my feet. Inside the … Continue reading →

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2014 May 7: I don’t like being identified in terms and definitions

Posted on May 13, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Ntladi My name is Kelebogile Ntladi, but I prefer to be called Lebo. I am a photographer and visual artist and I was born in Mofolo North, in Soweto in 1987. I live with both my parents, … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, African, Boi, Hobbies, Queer music, Self employed, Transphobia | Tagged 1987 - present, Act, America, Another approach is possible, artists, Arts, Boy, Brothers, Butch, Christianity, Europe, Faces and Phases, Family, Gender identities, Kelebogile Ntladi, Lebo, Leondale, Life, Living..., Loving, Market Photo Workshop, masculinity, MFA: Visual Arts, Parents, Photographer, Photography, Relationships, Sexuality, Trans, Uneasy, Visual arts, Writing | 9 Comments

2014 May 2: ‘Within our chaos and contradictions…”

Posted on May 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Smanga Shange © Photos by Zanele Muholi (02 May 2014) What: Full Moon Where: Joburg Theatre till 11th May 2014 ‘The best part was the last act, specifically when there was a war between a man and … Continue reading →

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2014 April 1: This is not April fool but our reality

Posted on April 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

… A photo of the day by Zanele Muholi, featuring Maureen Velile Majola rehearsing ‘Sifela i Ayikho’ to be performed at Constanza Macras STUDIO 44, BERLIN on Sat. , 5th April 2014. More photos to be added later…

Image | Posted on April 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009 | Tagged Activists, Arts, Black lesbians, Candlelight, Commemoration, Constanza Macras, Dorkypark, hate crimes, Light, Maureen Velile Majola, Mourning, Nothing to celebrate, OutSpeakLouder, performance, Shrine, Spoken word, Studio 44, Victims of hate crime, Visual arts, Witnesses to violence, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2014 Jan. 29: Photos from exhibition opening at Wits Art Museum (WAM)

Posted on February 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

This gallery contains 28 photos.

Portfolio #1/2014 A photo album by Nqobile Zungu A BIG THANK YOU! Wednesday the 29th of January 2014 history was made at Wits Arts Museum (WAM) when the queer & trans Art-iculations collaborative art for social change exhibition opened. What … Continue reading →

| Tagged Act, beauty, Black lesbian lives, Community mobilizing, Connections, Curatorship, exhibition, Photography, Visual activism, Visual arts | 7 Comments