Today we are introducing you to the blog of Zingisa Zang Nkosinkulu -The Art of Zang.
Welcome to COUCHLOCKPROJECTS for Arts development/ Exhibition/ Projects/ Hip Hop/Graffiti
Here is Zang in his own words:
Welcome to COUCHLOCKPROJECTS for Arts development/ Exhibition/ Projects/ Hip Hop/Graffiti
Zang has contacted a couple of days ago The Mdantsane Way Magazine and left us his link. We followed up (it took a while, like always) but what we have seen is very interesting and stimulating!
Who is Zang? First of all he is born and bred in Mdantsane.
That makes him so interesting for us. And he is another perfect showcase of Mdantsane talent. Great talent, that has unfortunately left the township but we understand, you have to go where you can find a living.
Who is Zang? First of all he is born and bred in Mdantsane.
That makes him so interesting for us. And he is another perfect showcase of Mdantsane talent. Great talent, that has unfortunately left the township but we understand, you have to go where you can find a living.
Here is Zang in his own words:
Zang, living today in Pretoria in Gauteng was born and raised in the Township of Mdantsane, Eastern Cape.
He
acquired his diploma in Fine Art at NMMU, his B-Tech at WSU and is currently
studying towards his Master’s in Visual Art at UNISA. He worked at
Belgravia Art Centre while in East London as an art teacher for five
years.
After that he joined the team at UNISA Art Gallery as a gallery
assistant. Zang is a Visual/ Graffiti Artist with a Calling to use ART
as a Mediator to TRANCEND beyond conditions of his birth place.
To bring
new hope, share Creative Wisdom and Encourage youth to be ARTISTIC,
EDUCATED and Conscious Individuals. Art is a way he lives trying to
relate to the world in a CREATIVE and SPIRITUAL ways. Zang believes in
working in creative collaborative projects and workshops to develop the
Artistic Underdeveloped Communities.
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| Zang's Studio from where he works. Images by Zang |
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| Zang's Studio, work in progress, All Images are by Zang himself |
That is what we also believe in. We see art as a tool of expression of the society we live in but also as one of the most powerful transformation tools. The place one is born into is not the place one is confined to for the rest of one's life.
We have taken a few images from Zang's blog but we do not have the intention to tell his story for him because he is already doing a good job telling his story himself and presenting himself and his art to the world. We really invite you to go over to his blog and have a look at his artwork!
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| Laetitia |
There is a series called Laetitia, a life drawing exercise he did with candle smoke and other materials. We have been absolutely impressed by this mixed media art piece.
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| My Culture - My Technology- Vanishing Values Of The Xhosa Tradition |
In my culture my technology he deals
with the theme of the culture of the Xhosa people, that is being treatened by
technology.
Zang says: "Technology is a symbol of change and technology weakens
things of value. For instance, now the are new circumsizing tools, that
are governmental or hospital tools. Now the traditional spear used to
remove foreskin will be forgotten. Now children sit down and play with
their cellphone they do not sit around the fire and wait for their
grandmother to tell them stories."
His artwork is of course for sale and as every artist in this world he needs the community's support. All his contact details are on his blog.
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