Zwelethu Mthethwa

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This paper provides a brief biography of Zwelethu Mthethwa, explaining that he considers painting and photography to be equally important and is continually transferring notions from one field to the other. It discusses major characteristics of some of his famous works.

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"In an article for "African Arts" Kristina Van Dyke described Mthethwa's work as portraits that "do not aim to characterize their subjects as victims but rather as individuals who make creative choices that result in unique domestic spaces" (Van Dyke Pp). Jed Perl writes of Regarding Mthethwa's "Flex" which was shown in the first International Center of Photogrpahy's "Strangers" exhibition, Jed Perl writes that this series of black and white "close-ups of African men has a boldness that recalls avant-garde silent films" (Perl Pp). Sarah Caylor writes that "much of the meaning lies in the intense examination of the physical specifics of clothes and settings, as well as physical and spatial relationships" (Caylor Pp)."

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