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ANDREW NTSHABELE
Due to the wide range of works available
by Andrew Ntshabele, his art is shown in
a separate catalogue.
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Aufgrund der großen Auswahl an Werken
wird die Kunst von Andrew Ntshabele
in einem separaten Katalog vorgestellt.
Andrew Ntshabele, born 1986, – KLICKEN SIE EINFACH HIER –
lives and works in the inner city of
Johannesburg. His art is informed by
his environment as he observes the understand the root causes of the head lines. Besides this I have been
world around him with critical eyes. current inner-city decay. “My work working with and on old letters and
His mixed-media paintings – a fusion is a social commentary on the postcards which gave me a lot of
of collage and acrylic – depict what socio-economic challenges that the joy. My aim in my current work is
he sees and lives in every day. majority of Black South Africans to highlight the past as well as the
Andrew was born in the small rural face in a post-colonial South Africa. present. I believe and know that
town of Moruleng in the North My paintings incorporate more than the old world as we know it , is the
West Province of South Africa and one medium, they are a fusion of thing of the past...we are entering a
moved with his family to the city at collage and acrylic paint, and are digital age..now more than ever , is
a young age. He studied Art at the produced from photographs I take important to preserve history and
University of Johannesburg and was on my daily travels around the inner document it. I am fascinated and
awarded his BTech degree, majoring city and its outskirts” Andrew says. excited as I do this through and with
in painting, in 2013. my art.”
Andrew has experienced a lot of
“I have lived in Johannesburg since challenges which COVID-19 brought Andrew Ntshabele is part of The
the age of four and have witnessed and lockdowns as well as restrictions Travelling Art Gallery since its
its physical, socio-economic and didn’t make life easy. “After the inception and has shown his works at
political changes post-Apartheid,” he Covid-19 pandemic hit the entire all the exhibitions in Europe.
explains. “I still live in the inner city world, I felt that people need some
where I’m confronted by poverty, art and some sort of joy in this
pollution and urban decay every day. challenging time.My new and current
I’m interested in the people who live artworks depict a more joyful feel, I
in this environment, in the negative have been exploring working in large
effects of rapid urbanisation and and medium scale works primarily,
how they put a strain on the people I the material I have been using is
encounter and interact with daily.” contemporary newspapers linked
Andrew’s works investigate the social with articles about Covid-19 and also
predicament of the city to vintage newspapers with great
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