Mustafa Maluka

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Mustafa Maluka: The Rhetoric of Sincerity / The Sincerity of Rhetoric

Mustafa Maluka at Galerie bertrand & gruner

Galerie bertrand & gruner presents a new body of work by Mustafa Maluka. Known for theatrically confronting the intersection of contemporary critical theory and global politics with his provocative portraits, the artist returns to Geneva with a new body of work entitled, 'The Rhetoric of Sincerity/The Sincerity of Rhetoric'.

Combining art historical and cultural sources Maluka engages the viewer with current manifestations of sincerity and its ramifications within the real world. This new body of work is a journey that takes the viewer on a long walk from rhetoric to reality.

18 September 2009 - 31 October 2009

Mustafa Maluka 'A Place So Foreign': Solo show in New York

Mustafa Maluka at Jack Tilton Gallery

The Tilton Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by painter Mustafa Maluka. The faces of his transnational, racially and sexually ambiguous characters are densely painted. The artist achieves this by building up layers of splashes and washes on the canvas surface alongside bold patterns and forms that determine the mood and overall tone of the works.

‘A Place So Foreign’ is the artist's first solo exhibition at the Tilton Gallery.

13 November 2009 - 24 December 2009

'20 Years: Thami Mnyele Foundation'

Dineo Seshee Bopape, Zanele Muholi, Mustafa Maluka, Senzeni Marasela and Various Artists at Thami Mnyele Foundation

Twenty years ago, inspired by the South African artist and freedom fighter Thami Mnyele (1948-1985), a group of Amsterdam-based artists and concerned citizens set up an artists-in-residence programme, enabling artists from Africa the opportunity to live and work in Amsterdam for a period of three months. The atelier that the Thami Mnyele Foundation made available continues to be a vibrant meeting place for artists from Africa and the Netherlands.

The Thami Mnyele Foundation together with the CBK has selected the work of 26 artists out of the 68 artists that have been working in the studio over the last twenty years. This choice gives a glimpse into the diversity of contemporary art practices coming out of Africa. The exhibited works were made by the artists and donated to the Thami Mnyele Foundation during their stay in Amsterdam.

South African artists feature particularly strongly on the exhibition, which includes: Dineo Seshee Bopape, Clifford Charles, Ruan Hoffmann, Senzeni Marasela, Mustafa Maluka, Zaneli Muholi, John Murray, Progress Matubako, Sheppard Mtyshelwa, Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, Thulani Songwe, Adriaan de Villiers, Tito Zungu and Ina van Zyl.

12 March 2011 - 29 April 2011