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Ayanda Mabulu

Sabelo Mlangeni: The grey and green of trauma
Friday
/ 18 October 2024

Sabelo Mlangeni: The grey and green of trauma

Photographer’s homecoming exhibition travels through art, memory and being black in the West

By Kulani Nkuna
The Portfolio: On the beauty and importance of joyous Black gatherings
Friday
/ 15 December 2021

The Portfolio: On the beauty and importance of joyous Black gatherings

Expanding the scope and reach of Culture Review magazine during lockdown wasn’t easy, but it was necessary

By Kulani Nkuna
Pola Maneli asks: “Do you feel seen?”
Article
/ 19 February 2020

Pola Maneli asks: “Do you feel seen?”

Pola Maneli’s latest work, ‘An Indigenous I/Eye’, is an attempt to visualise blackness

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Ayanda Mabulu’s art of plundering phalluses: Rape, Mandela and his ‘guerilla warfare’
Article
/ 27 April 2017

Ayanda Mabulu’s art of plundering phalluses: Rape, Mandela and his ‘guerilla warfare’

Although clearly under pressure from the pushback against his latest Zuma painting, Mabulu insists he is just calling it as he sees it

By Kwanele Sosibo
​Zuma family considering taking legal action against ‘porn artist’ Ayanda Mabulu
Article
/ 14 July 2016

​Zuma family considering taking legal action against ‘porn artist’ Ayanda Mabulu

President Jacob Zuma’s family is considering taking legal action against controversial artist Ayanda Mabulu, they said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
Ayanda Mabulu on his explicit Zuma painting: ‘I am exposing the naked truth’
Article
/ 13 July 2016

Ayanda Mabulu on his explicit Zuma painting: ‘I am exposing the naked truth’

Mabulu has painted President Jacob Zuma licking the anus of a naked Atul Gupta, the two captured in an aircraft cockpit with an ANC flag on the side.

By Kwanele Sosibo
‘​Ayanda Mabulu’s latest painting is an abuse of freedom of speech’ – ANC
Article
/ 13 July 2016

‘​Ayanda Mabulu’s latest painting is an abuse of freedom of speech’ – ANC

‘Mabulu’s exhibition is a grotesque act of vulgarity, disrespect, and a blatant violation of the right to dignity of those portrayed,’ the ANC said.

By Staff Reporter
Formerly censored Mabulu art work sells for R89K
Article
/ 30 September 2013

Formerly censored Mabulu art work sells for R89K

Artist Ayanda Mabulu’s painting commenting on President Jacob Zuma’s perceived role in the Marikana shooting has sold for R89 000.

By Sapa
Jo’burg Art Fair censorship: Artists back each other up
Article
/ 30 September 2013

Jo’burg Art Fair censorship: Artists back each other up

The redeeming factor of the Jo’burg Art Fair was seeing one artist stand up for another, writes Percy Zvomuya.

By Percy Zvomuya
Ayanda Mabulu’s painting back on display at Jo’burg art fair
Article
/ 29 September 2013

Ayanda Mabulu’s painting back on display at Jo’burg art fair

Ayanda Mabulu’s Yakhali’inkomo — Black Man’s Cry has been put back on display at the FNB Joburg Art Fair.

By Sapa
Art Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat
Article
/ 28 September 2013

Art Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat

The Jo’burg Art Fair will allow Ayanda Mabulu’s controversial painting to stay after featured artist David Goldblatt threatened to quit in protest.

By Matthew Krouse
Zuma, Marikana painting pulled from Jo’burg Art Fair
Article
/ 27 September 2013

Zuma, Marikana painting pulled from Jo’burg Art Fair

A Marikana-themed painting depicting President Jacob Zuma and other political figures by artist Ayanda Mabulu has been removed from the art fair.

By Staff Reporter
Zuma artwork ‘exposes issues’
Article
/ 31 August 2012

Zuma artwork ‘exposes issues’

The artist of the latest explicit picture of the president, Ayanda Mabulu says his work is comment and no disrespect is intended.

By Glynnis Underhill
McKaiser: Nudity has lost its political potency
Article
/ 29 August 2012

McKaiser: Nudity has lost its political potency

The reaction to a new painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed has been banal but in an interesting way, Eusebius McKaiser has said.

By Genevieve Quintal

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