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    Nicholas Hlobo
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    • Ndize
      Commissioned by and exhibited at the Bluecoat for the 2010 Liverpool Biennial
      2010
      Recycled rubber, fabric, ribbon, white clay

      Courtesy of the artist and the Liverpool Biennial

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Nicholas Hlobo: Sculpture, Installation, Performance, Drawing
      Installation view: National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, Norway
      2011

      Photo: Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Nicholas Hlobo: Sculpture, Installation, Performance, Drawing
      Installation view: National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, Norway
      2011

      Photo: Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Iimpundulu Zonke Ziyandilandela (All the Lightning Birds Are After Me)
      Installation view: ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
      2011

      Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul, and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      Photo: Mario Todeschini

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Iimpundulu Zonke Ziyandilandela (All the Lightning Birds Are After Me) (detail)
      Installation view: ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
      2011

      Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul, and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      Photo: Mario Todeschini

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Tyaphaka
      2011
      Watercolor, tea stains, ribbon on Fabriano paper
      150 × 230 × 10 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Izichenene
      2012
      Ribbon, aluminum on canvas
      150 × 110 cm

      Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul, and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Amaqabaza
      2012
      Ribbon, watercolors, tea stains on Fabriano paper
      150 × 230 × 10 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Balindile I
      2012
      Rubber inner tubes, steel, hose pipes and ribbon
      dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Balindile IV
      2012
      Rubber inner tubes, steel, hose pipes and ribbon
      dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Balindile IV
      (detail)
      2012
      Rubber inner tubes, steel, hose pipes and ribbon
      dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Qubha
      2012
      Rubber and ribbon on canvas
      101 × 151 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      Collection of George Hartman and Arlene Goldman

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Intethe (Sketch for an Opera)
      Installation view: Locust Projects, Miami
      2013

      Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul, and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Ityhengetyhenge
      2015
      Ribbons on linen and cotton canvas
      150 × 100 × 5 cm

      Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Ityhengetyhenge
      (detail)
      2015
      Ribbons on linen and cotton canvas
      150 × 100 × 5 cm

      Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Zawelela ngale
      Installation view: Uppsla Art Museum, Uppsla, Sweden
      2017

      Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Zawelela ngale
      Installation view: Uppsla Art Museum, Uppsla, Sweden
      2017

      Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Mphephethe uthe cwaka (element 2)
      2017
      Brass, bronze, copper, and rope
      32.68 × 72.05 × 45.67 inches

      Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      Photo: Anthea Pokroy

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Intlantsana
      2017
      Ribbon on canvas
      47.24 × 70.87 inches

      Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      Photo: Anthea Pokroy

      © Nicholas Hlobo

    • Intlantsana
      (detail)
      2017
      Ribbon on canvas
      47.24 × 70.87 inches

      Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/Seoul

      Photo: Anthea Pokroy

      © Nicholas Hlobo

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