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Phumulani Ntuli, Congregants, 2019

Phumulani Ntuli

Congregants, 2019
Mixed media collage,paper transfer, linen and acrylic on canvas
107 x 177 cm
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In this work, we can see four figures who are rendered in multiple, referred to as cloning in science fiction, which represents counterfeit bodies that seek to replace humans. The...
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In this work, we can see four figures who are rendered in multiple, referred to as cloning in science fiction, which represents counterfeit bodies that seek to replace humans. The work reflects an industrial and technological obsession of a society compromising humans for the sake of the machine. However, this is true that human bodies inevitably become frail and often fail. As a precursor to failure, kneeling down, in most African practices is akin to respect, it is also a way of signifying hierarchy to higher divinity. The implication of writing down on the land points to ways of cultivating the land or of being cultivated by land seen in the work suggests that man, his technology, and the land he occupies are inseparable entities.
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Provenance

Acquired from Latitudes Online, Johannesburg, South Africa

Exhibitions

The Bag Factory, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa | A Navigation Guide to Kwanqingetshe | May 2021 - June 2021.
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