Notes

In 2019, to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of South Africa’s democracy, artist Zanele Muholi initiated a project involving 25 young artists from Durban. The brief to participants involved reinterpreting photographs from Muholi’s celebrated self-portrait series Somnyama Ngonyama (2012-ongoing) in any media. Most of the participants opted for either drawing or painting. Supervised by Muholi and a team of collaborators, the project culminated in two exhibitions, both titled Ikhono LaseNatali, held at the KZNSA Gallery, Durban, and A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town. Lindokuhle Khumalo and Lindani Nyandeni contributed multiple works to both exhibitions.

Lindani Nyandeni (born 1992, Durban) is a graduate of the BAT Centre in Durban. After completing a course in textile printing at the ELC Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, in 2016, he participated in an artist exchange convened by artist Malin Sellmann in the region of Västra Götaland, Sweden. He has participated in various mentorship programmes, including Velobala at the Durban University of Technology (2016), as well as a two-year professional mentorship with artists Sthenjwa Luthuli and Wonder Buhle Mbambo (2018–20). Nyandeni is a capable draughtsman with an acute interest in the human figure. Nyandeni’s recent expressionist portraiture is characterised by his active paint technique (drips and splatters abound) and signature swirling eyes. Increasingly recognised internationally, in 2022 he was one of four Tilga Art Fund recipients.

Exhibited

KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban, Ikhono LaseNatali, 7 May to 1 June 2019, other interpretations from the series exhibited.