Design Indaba 2013 Nicholas Hlobo is a Johannesburg based artist whose work was included on La Triennale 2012 at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and on the 18th Biennale of Sydney. He was the Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2009 and the Rolex Visual Arts Protégé for 2010/11. Hlobo is a speaker at the annual Design Indaba conference currently taking place in Cape Town. This is a collection of some of his work. All images are courtesy of the artist and the Stevenson Gallery (Cape Town and Johannesburg).
iimpundulu zonke impundulu ziyandilalndela
2011
Rubber, ribbon and mixed media
225 x 460 x 3125cm
Sound recorded by Ndindodwa, Izulu lindila.band, Duration 23 min, 25 sec
Gqabhuza
2012
Mixed media on Belgian linen canvas
180 x 120cm
Ingangamsha
2012
Mixed media on Belgian linen canvas
150 x 100cm
Ugqatso
2012
Mixed media on Belgian linen canvas
120 x 180cm
Imnkile
2012
Mixed media on Belgian linen canvas
120 x 180cm
Balindile II
2012
Inner rubber tube, ribbon, hosepipe, steel
160 x 50 cm (dimensions variable)
Tyaphaka
2012
Rubber, ribbon, hosepipe and packaging material
300 x 400 x 30 000cm
Installation view of the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012) at Cockatoo Island. Photograph:
Sebastian Kriete
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