MUSTAFA MALUKA (SOUTH AFRICA 1976 FOCUS ,2012
Herkunft : Provenance: Private Collection, Johannesburg. Acquired directly from the artist.
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Anmerkung : Notes: In Focus, Mustafa Maluka presents a vivid portrait visually embodying ongoing discourses around the fluidity of identity (especially within the African diaspora) – be that race, socio-cultural or sexual. In 2012, the same year this painting was produced, Maluka presented a solo exhibition Dialectical Continuum at Galerie Sébastien Bertrand in Geneva, Switzerland and also formed part of the group show Flying at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany. Before that in 2008, Maluka formed part of the seminal group exhibition Flow which was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Curated by Christine Y. Kim, the exhibition was a survey of new work by twenty emerging artists of African descent who lived and worked across Africa, Europe and North America at the time, and included Mustafa Maluka alongside, now current leading contemporary stars; Moshekwa Langa, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Otobong Nkanga, Mounir Fatim and Michele Magema among others. Coming of age after the mid-century movements for national liberation in Africa, this generation has witnessed significant political, economic and social shifts. Flow reviewed the multiple ways people, resources, cultures and ideas move - the concept organized around a continent that has been shaped by a history of mobility and displacement. This concept encapsulates the core subject of Mustafa Maluka’s vibrant, and at times flamboyant, portraits. Collections: The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, the Burger Collection, Hong Kong; North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina; Jimenez-Colon Collection, Puerto Rico and the Terrana Collection, New York.
Condition_report : The overall condition is excellent.
