11/20/2024
“Esther Mahlangu: Time in Color” opens tomorrow, November 21 in New York.
Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, November 21 from 6pm to 8pm.
515 W 27th St
New York, NY
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The exhibition includes over 30 paintings by Mahlangu, created over a 10 year period—from 2011 to 2021—as well as a fully handpainted art car.
Dr. Esther Mahlangu’s work gained international recognition in the 1980’s when she was commissioned to paint a replica of her
muraled home for the eminent “Magiciens de la terre” exhibition at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France). Soon after, Mahlangu was asked to create murals on the walls of the Musee d’Art Contemporain in Montréal, Canada. Since then, she has spent decades making art, and has collaborated with numerous internationally renowned museums, galleries, curators, art fairs, celebrities, and global brands. It is her creative, innovative, and disruptive spirit that has led her to being open to exploring different media and to high-profile collaborations with celebrities like John Legend and Absolute Vodka, becoming the first woman and first African to be invited to participate in the BMW Art Car project in 1991. Mahlangu is heavily involved in community projects in the Mabhoko village of the Mpumalanga province to teach young community members traditional Ndebele painting and beadwork techniques. In October 2024, Mahlangu unveiled her first public mural in the UK at Serpentine Gallery and her institutional retrospective “Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective” is currently touring museums throughout South Africa.
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Esther Mahlangu
“Untitled (Ndebele Abstract)”, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 59 in.
Image courtesy of private collection.