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 © Nontsikelelo Veleko, Sibu VIII, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder series, 2003-06. Pigment print on cotton paper, 12x8"  © Nontsikelelo Veleko, Sibu IV, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder series, 2003-06. Pigment print on cotton paper, 12x8"  © Nontsikelelo Veleko, Hloni, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder series, 2003-06. Pigment print on cotton paper, 12x8" |
Veleko Nontsikelelo Born: 1976, Bodibe, South Africa Resides: Johannesburg, South Africa Heritage: African Selected Exhibitions: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa the Women's Art Festival, Johannesburg, South Africa The Kuppel, Basel, Switzerland The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Kyle Kauffman Gallery, New York, NY Danziger Projects, New York, NY Education: Market Photography Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004 Awards: Standard Bank Young Artist Award, 2008 Residencies: International Photography Research Network (IPRN), Sunderland, UK, 2007 Publications: Nueva Luz, volume 13#2 (En Foco: Bronx, NY 2008) Woman by Woman: 50 Years of Women's Photography in South Africa (Wits University Press: Johannesburg, 2006) “I'm totally urban, and I love what happens in urban environments. My work is not far-fetched. It's something simple, something people know, but don't actually think is important until they've seen it in a photograph. Somehow photography seems to make it more important. My work is fun, and interspersed with many layers - it could be complicated, but I try not to let it go there. In other projects I have looked at how fashion constructs identity – but when it comes to one's true identity in South Africa it becomes problematic, especially when dealing with mixed relationships and mixed backgrounds. In this series, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder, I didn't want to deal with it from that point of view. I always look at fashion as play. My clothes aren't me. And people who really know me, know me. But people who think they know me, know my style...” --Nueva Luz, Volume 13#2 (2008) |
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