Zanele Muholi
ZaVa, Amsterdam

ZaVa, Amsterdam

© Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson, New York, and Stevenson Gallery Cape Town / Johannesburg

ZaVa, Amsterdam
ZaVa, Amsterdam
ArtistSouth African, born 1972
CultureSouth African
Titles
  • ZaVa, Amsterdam
Date2014
PlaceAmsterdam, Netherlands
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 19 in. (38.1 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 × 23 3/4 in. (48.3 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2017
Object number2017.249
Not on view

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Photography
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Description

“My practice as a visual activist looks at black resistance,
existence, as well as insistence,” asserted Zanele Muholi. “Most of the work I have
done over the years focuses exclusively on black LGBTQIA and gender-nonconforming
individuals, making sure we exist in the visual archive. The key question that I
take to bed with me is: what is my responsibility as a living being—as a South African
citizen reading continually about racism, xenophobia, and hate crimes in the
mainstream media?” In ZaVa, Amsterdam, Muholi, along with partner, Valérie, acts
as both creator and subject of proud, truthful, LGBTQIA-centered imagery.




ProvenanceThe artist; [Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–November 8, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, verso, applied label: YANCEY RICHARDSON GALLERY // Zanele Muholi // Zava, Amsterdam, 2014 // Gelatin Silver Print // 18 ¾ x 23 ½ inches // Edition 8 of 8 // ZM // 525 WEST 22ND STREET NYC 10011 646 230 9610 [phone number printed in red] // Y | R // [small thumbnail of image]
Signed in black ink, verso, applied label: ZM

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