Siphiwe Mnguni, A Sudden Tug 12, 2023
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is part of a body of work titled ‘A Sudden Tug’. New to our website, it features one of the artist’s impactful abstracted forms which seems to dance on the page, perhaps attracted to the planetary object above it. Collage and texture is important within the artist’s work, representing the layered interactions and complex relationships that she experiences as she moves through life.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is part of a body of work titled ‘A Sudden Tug’. New to our website, it features one of the artist’s impactful abstracted forms which seems to dance on the page, perhaps attracted to the planetary object above it. Collage and texture is important within the artist’s work, representing the layered interactions and complex relationships that she experiences as she moves through life.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is part of a body of work titled ‘A Sudden Tug’. New to our website, it features one of the artist’s impactful abstracted forms which seems to dance on the page, perhaps attracted to the planetary object above it. Collage and texture is important within the artist’s work, representing the layered interactions and complex relationships that she experiences as she moves through life.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
