Included in the exhibition might be a variety of her video installations contending with hard-to-pin-down psychological states, pure phenomena, Japanese theatre traditions, and, of course, her beloved pet canine. Many of Esther Mahlangu’s abstractions are accomplished within the fashion of conventional Ndebele painting, wherein members of her neighborhood array dazzling pigments to create starbursts and other types. Yet Mahlangu, who is now in her late 80s and has been painting since she was 10, doesn’t only paint on canvas—she has also adorned BMW vehicles, Belvedere vodka bottles, and Commes des Garçons garments. Having figured within the famed exhibition “Magiciens de…

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Included in the exhibition might be a variety of her video installations contending with hard-to-pin-down psychological states, pure phenomena, Japanese theatre traditions, and, of course, her beloved pet canine. Many of Esther Mahlangu’s abstractions are accomplished within the fashion of conventional Ndebele painting, wherein members of her neighborhood array dazzling pigments to create starbursts and other types. Yet Mahlangu, who is now in her late 80s and has been painting since she was 10, doesn’t only paint on canvas—she has also adorned BMW vehicles, Belvedere vodka bottles, and Commes des Garçons garments. Having figured within the famed exhibition “Magiciens de…

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