TUMI NKOPANE, KWATHEMA, SPRINGS, JOHANNESBURG ,2010
Provenance : Provenance: Handspring Puppet Company.
Exhibited :
Literature : Coronelli, C. (2016). New York, the ICP Infinity Award to Zanele Muholi. Il Giornale Dell’Arte.; Willis, D. (2015). Zanele Muholi's Faces & Phases. Aperture, Spring 2015 (218).; Hackett, S. & Morel, G. (2014). What It Means to Be Seen: Photography and Queer Visibility / Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases. Toronto: Ryerson Image Center, illustrated in colour.; Crenn. J. (2012). Zanele Muholi. With uncovered faces. African Policy, 2(126), 146.
Notes : Notes: Founded in 1981, Handspring Puppet Company has grown under the leadership of Artistic Director Adrian Kohler and Executive Producer Basil Jones over 40 years. The much-celebrated company has presented work in over 30 countries across the world and is widely recognised as South Africa’s pre-eminent puppet company. In 2007 they achieved critical acclaim when the hit play War Horse premiered at the Royal National Theatre in South Bank, London – establishing Handspring as one of the most important puppet companies worldwide. Their most recent creation, Little Amal is a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young Syrian refugee girl. In this complex and ambitious project – that speaks to the escalating plight of refugees – Amal travelled 8 000 km through 8 countries crossing many contrasting terrains. Jones and Kohler met at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town in 1971 and started their art collecting journey when Jones worked at the National Museum and Art Gallery of Botswana in Gaborone from 1978-80.
Condition_report : The condition is very good. Not examined out of the frame, full report available on request. The frame has a few minor scuff marks along the bottom edge, the largest one 1.5 cm in size. Framed behind non-reflective museum grade glass.
