Macho Nne #09 (Caribbean Peacock) ,2014
Provenance : SMAC Gallery, Cape Town.Kabiru was listed among the top six standout artists represented at Paris Photo in 2019. His work intersects conventional craftsmanship, design and documentary performance. He is renowned for his ever-progressing C-Stunner range of intricate and sculptural eyewear made from found materials. He enacts an alter ego when wearing these glasses for his various themed self-portrait photographs. ‘Macho nne’ means ‘four eyes’ in Swahili and is the title Kabiru ascribes to the photographs, alluding to the transformation that occurs once he puts on the C-Stunner. The artist’s design for the C-Stunners are intuitive, each piece born from a story weaved into the materials he works with. The title Caribbean Peacock is imaginative and acts as a fantastical character reference. This work formed part of Kabiru’s acclaimed 22 piece series of photographs that marked his 2015 debut solo exhibition in South Africa. The entire first edition with the C-Stunners are currently part of the Zeitz MOCAA permanent collection in Cape Town.
Other examples from the edition are in the The Royal Portfolio Collection, Cape Town; The Scheryn Art Collection, Cape Town.
Exhibited : Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, All Things Being Equal, 22 September 2017 to 30 June 2019, another example from the edition exhibited.; SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, C-Stunners & Black Mamba, 29 January to 14 March 2015, another example from the edition exhibited.
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