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Somnyama II, Oslo

2015

Zanele Muholi

(South African, b. 1972)
Culture
South African
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 49.5 x 43.2 cm (19 1/2 x 17 in.); Framed: 52.2 x 45.2 x 4.4 cm (20 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2016.40
Edition
Edition of 8
Copyright
© Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This self-portrait is from a series called Hail the Dark Lioness.

Description

Zanele Muholi’s bold, self-possessed stare and high piles of tresses suggest the power of 17th-century French kings and of kings of the jungle, but white and gold are replaced by dark tones. “By exaggerating the darkness of my skin tone,” says Muholi, “I'm reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other.”
A vertically oriented photograph depicts a woman with dark skin, powerful stare, and voluminous hair piled high around her face.

Somnyama II, Oslo

2015

Zanele Muholi

(South African, b. 1972)
South African

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