DUT’s Chiliza showcases his work at the Nelson Mandela 100 exhibition


Mhlonishwa Chiliza with his Nelson Mandela artwork.


Fine Art part-time lecturer Mhonishwa Chiliza was featured in the Nelson Mandela 100 exhibition which recently took place at the swanky Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg.

As a young emerging artist, Chiliza was privileged with the opportunity to showcase his work along with other world renowned established artists at this year’s Mandela Exhibition.
“Seeing the value of the exhibition and being an emerging artist/sculptor, featured with world renowned establish artists, I was very honoured,” said Chiliza.

After receiving an invite from the gallery Curator, Zanele Mashumi, Chilliza presented his sculpture which earned him centre space at the exhibition and was later exhibited at the SculptX exhibition which was also hosted by the gallery.

“I was very excited to be a participant because it means my potential as a contemporary emerging artist in South Africa is noted and recognized,” he added.

Inspired by and dedicated to Nelson Mandela, as part of the Mandela 100 Centenary celebration through art, the gallery hosted the exhibition which was also endorsed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation as an aim to keep his memory and legacy alive.
The artworks on display spanned painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, cartoon illustration and tapestry.

Artists exhibiting also included internationally-renowned Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu, Sam Nhlengethwa, Paul Blomkamp, Cape Town-based artist Loyiso Mkize and Mbongeni Buthelezi whose exceptional artworks make use of melted waste plastic to produce richly layered portraits.
The exhibition also featured the unveiling of sculptor and professor Pitika Ntuli’s A Provocation to Reconciliation, an 18-ton granite monument to Nelson Mandela which took five years to create.

-NASIPHI GIGABA 

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