Xana Nyilenda, Newtown Johannesburg
2011
Xana Nyilenda, Newtown Johannesburg
2011
Zanele Muholi describes her work as “visual activism”, celebrating in her photographic portraits the community of black South African lesbians with whom she identifies, seeking to make visible their daily struggle against prejudice, physical attack or “corrective rape”. The Faces express the person, the Phases transitions between different expressions of gender and sexuality. The photographs never enter upon the subjects’ private lives, but reveal the beauty of bodies sensual, proud and vulnerable.
| Domain | Photo |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique |
| Dimensions | 85,5 x 60,5 cm |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2013 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2013-262 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Zanele Muholi
(1972, Afrique du Sud) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Xana Nyilenda, Newtown Johannesburg |
| Series title | Faces and Phases |
| Creation date | 2011 |
| Domain | Photo |
| Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique |
| Dimensions | 85,5 x 60,5 cm |
| Printing | 1/8 |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2013 |
| Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie |
| Inventory no. | AM 2013-262 |
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Bibliography
Dévisager. Le portrait incertain-Photographie et vidéo, 1972-2011 : Malaga, Centre Pompidou Malaga, 3 décembre 2020 - 11 avril 2021.-Paris : éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2020
(cit. p. 64, 76, 103, 105, 122, 124 et reprod. p. 72)
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