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Nonzuzo Gxekwa’s optic is loving. It’s not simply that she chooses to focus on moments of self love—the way people occupy themselves—but that in the taking, her subjects are never wholly circumscribed. There is always space to manoeuvre. The title of her exhibition, Life is Beautiful (2020), is not simply a conscious decision to focus on that which brings joy, but an awareness of our agency in the construction thereof and its capacity to overcome. As described by Ashraf Jamal, photographs “negate chronology, they confect it, altering what we recall and what we imagine. They are dreaming tools, never facts … What matters is not the thing seen, but what it affirms in the moment of seeing"... Read more.
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Additional press
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Carbon Copy | A Photo Project by Twin Sisters Nonzuzo and Noncedo Gxekwa
January 15, 2015Article and interview on Carbon Copy, a collaborative photo project for which twin sisters Nonzuzo and Noncedo Gxekwa have turned the camera on themselves. Read the full piece here . -
Jameson Indie Channel | Twin photographers Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Noncedo Charmaine talk individuality
Article and interview with twin photographers Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Noncedo Charmaine. Read the full piece here . -
Sibahle Magazine | Launch issue | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
April 1, 2015Feature on Nonzuzo Gxekwa's Body Beautiful series. Read the full feature here . -
Between 10 and 5 | What makes a muse? | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
July 28, 2017Article featuring the portrait work of Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Read the full piece here . -
Art Times | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
May 26, 2020Feature on Nonzuzo Gxekwa's first online solo show with THK Gallery. Read the full piece by Sven Christian here . -
Vogue UK | Phenomenal Black Artists, Ceramicists & Interiors Brands To Support Now & Always | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
July 13, 2020Article by Sophie Ashby with mention of Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Read the full piece here . -
KUNSTFORUM International | COVID-19 "The Mask Project" | Pierre le Riche X Nonzuzo Gxekwa
August 6, 2020Feature on Kunstforum International regarding The Mask Project, a collaboration between THK Gallery artists Pierre le Riche and Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Read the full piece here . -
Latitudes | The Mask Project | Nonzuzo Gxekwa x Pierre Le Riche
July 20, 2020An article on The Mask Project collaboration between THK Gallery artists Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Pierre le Riche. Read the full piece here . -
Fujifilm | Featured photographer: Nonzuzo Gxekwa
August 13, 2020An interview with featured photographer Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Read the full interview here . -
Vogue Italy | Oath Magazine: Nonzuzo Gxekwa
October 20, 2020A feature on Oath magazine, with highlight on Nonzuzo Gxekwa's work. See the full feature here . -
Lindsay Magazine | Issue 5 | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
October 26, 2020Lindsay Magazine's latest issue features the works of Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Lindsay is a biannual print and online magazine celebrating the importance of culture and place. Find out more here . -
1854 Photography | Picture This: Power | Nonzuzo Gxekwa
May 7, 2021Al J Thompson, Elena Cremona, Cemre Yesil, Max Siedentopf, Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Hubert Crabieres ruminate on the theme of Power. Read the full piece here . -
Nonzuzo Gekwa | Art Forum | Presence: Five Contemporary African Photographers
August 18, 2021An article on the Presence: Five Contemporary African Photographers exhibition at the Photographers gallery in London, with mention of participating THK artist Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Read the full article here . -
Nonzuzo Gxekwa | Photo House South
September 7, 2021An interview with Nonzuzo Gxekwa, part of Photo House South's Get to Know series. Read the full interview here . -
Nonzuzo Gxekwa | Ocula Magazine | Fifty Years of Photography in Africa at ART X Lagos
November 3, 2021Fifty years of African photography will go on view across ART X Lagos, which returns for its sixth edition at The Federal Palace on Victoria Island in Lagos (4–7 November... -
Nonzuzo Gxekwa | Talut Kareem | Review of Self-Addressed curated by Kehinde Wiley | Goat
November 6, 2021A review of Self-Addressed curated by Kehinde Wiley, in collaboration with Black Rock Senegal and Jeffrey Deitch. The exhibition featured works by THK Gallery artists Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Talut Kareem.... -
Fujifilm TAKE TEN | Interview with Nonzuzo Gxekwa
March 8, 2022While celebrating ten years of the X Mount system, Fujifilm South Africa is featuring the work of local photographers shooting with Fujifilm. Read their full interview with Nonzuzo Gxekwa here... -
Independent Nigeria | Kehinde Wiley Pools Artists For Self-Addressed Mission | Nonzuzo Gxekwa | Talut Kareem
November 20, 2021An article on Self-Addressed, an exhibition of self-portraits by contemporary African artists curated by Kehinde Wiley, with mention of participating THK artists Nonzuzo Gxekwa and Talut Kareem. Read the full... -
Ocula Magazine | African Connections: Artists to Watch at 1-54 and Frieze Masters
October 8, 2020Article including mention of Nonzuzo Gxekwa, and THK Gallery's participation at 1-54 London. Read the full piece here . -
The South African | THK Gallery at 1-54 London 2020
October 9, 2020An article featuring THK Gallery's participation at 1-54 London 2020. Read the full piece here .
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