B. 1990, NATALSPRUIT, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Simphiwe Ndzube is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, collage, performance, sound, and sculpture. Ndzube creates bursting landscapes that build on magical realism, removing barriers “between reality and fantasy, or between the imagined and spirituality, particularly in the context of post-apartheid South Africa.” Ndzube’s current artistic practice meditates on Sophiatown, the legendary Johannesburg hub of black culture and music in the 1940s and -50s not just as a thematic subject but as an archive of memories, histories and politics. With a sharp playfulness, Ndzube bridges historical truth and storytelling in his colorful, textured compositions.
