SAM NHLENGETHWA (SOUTH AFRICA 1955-) | GLIMPSES OF THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, THIRTY ,2004
Herkunft : Provenance: Private collection, Johannesburg.
Exhibited :
Literature : Dundas, N., Mtombela, N., Dalamba, L. & Mokoena, H. (2019). 'Leeto: A Sam Nhlengethwa Print Retrospective'. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery, other examples from the edition illustrated in colour on pp. 34 to 43, 48, 49 to 54, 62, 63.
Anmerkung : Including: 1/30: Near the Bus Stop 2/30: Azikhwelwa 3/30: Sharpeville Massacre 4/30: The End of Kofifi 5/30: Stop it Verwoerd 6/30: Protests 7/30: A Tired Miner 8/30: Miners Showering 9/30: Humiliation 10/30: Compounds 11/30: The Shebeen 12/30: While We Were Young I 13/30: Pass Raid 14/30: Whites Only Area 15/30: Migrant Labourers 16/30: Gumboot Dance 17/30: Colleagues 18/30: Part Time Job I 19/30: Underground 20/30: While We Were Young II 21/30: While We Were Young III 22/30: Candlelit Studying 23/30: Skipping 24/30: The Grinding Stone 25/30: Pay Day 26/30: Hard at Work II 27/30: Part Time Job II 28/30: Coal Shed 29/30: Mbombela 30/30: Hard at Work I ABOUT THE ARTWORK In Glimpses of the Fifties and Sixties Sam Nhlengethwa explored the relationship between the collage and the printing processes. Initially creating collages, he then digitized them and went through various plates before the trial proof was made for the series. Material was sourced from archives of Drum magazine as well as the artist’s personal archives. Each colour photolithograph was printed by hand from pre-sensitised aluminium plates. Commenting on the series, the artist notes, [The] use of my own archive was important because I wanted to reflect an intimacy and a familiarity that would make the images accessible. Looking through the albums I reminisced about growing up in my grandmother's house and how I always found the dining room with the wedding photograph so intriguing. I also recalled enjoying a softball match in Westonaria (a small mining community on the West Rand) amidst the many dompas and curfew laws. Today these images have now been revived in the music videos of Mafikizolo and the 'Stoned Cherry' fashion label. I think I'm lucky in the sense that I have used art as an outlet for the frustrations I encountered during this time. My visual expression through painting was therapeutic and has now been transformed into what I believe to be an historical retrospective.[1] [1] Sam Nhlengethwa Glimpses of the 50s and 60s. (2004). Sam Nhlengethwa for The Artist’s Press. [online]. https://www.artprintsa.com/sam-nhlengethwa.html (Accessed 27 October 2023) COLLECTIONS The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, the Standard Bank Corporate Collection, Johannesburg; SABC Collection, Johannesburg; Durban Art Gallery; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Condition_report : The overall condition is excellent. Part Time Job I: Minor surface dirt along top left edge of paper.
