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Neo Matloga: Along Came Your Eyes

Neo Matloga: Along Came Your Eyes
Library Shelf Location 18.MATL
Publication Date 2023
Description

South African artist Neo Matloga is the winner of the tenth ABN AMRO Art Award in the Netherlands. After relocating to Amsterdam in 2016, he began using ink, charcoal, and photographs to create “collage paintings” that provide a glimpse of an everyday world, a Black family and community surrounded by a sense of security. Matloga’s new works act as extensions of his curiosity around image-making. As he explores an expanding lexicon of figuration, he places emphasis on crafting micro-narratives that are heavily laden with tension. At times unsettling, the figures may act as reminders of the problems that South Africa continues to face. With a text by curator Azu Nwagogu.

ISBN 9789081671361
Quantity 1
Pages 44pp, 22cm x 32cm
Author Azu Nwagogu
Format Paperback (sewn bound)
Publisher Abn Amro Kunstprijs
Related Artist Neo Matloga
Category Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team)
Keywords collage, photo collage, Black identity, Painting, mixed media, South African art
Artist's Nationality South African
Languages Dutch, English

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