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Phillemon Hlungwani: 'Mitsheketo Yale Makaya' at Everard Read

Name: Phillemon Hlungwani: 'Mitsheketo Yale Makaya' at Everard Read
Start: 2024-10-03
End: 2024-11-02
Location: Everard Read Gallery and Circa Gallery

Thursday Oct 3 - Saturday Nov 2 6 Jellicoe Ave, Rosebank

Phillemon Hlungwani, 'Hekeleheke- Hekee! 2 (Ring A Ring O Rosie 2)'. Photo: Everard Read.

Phillemon Hlungwani, 'Muchaviseki Hwe Ntsanwisi, Va Wurile Vaku: “Mi Ta Sala Mi Ndzi Tsundzuka 1 (You Will Remember Me When I Am Gone)'. Photo: Everard Read.

Phillemon Hlungwani, 'Hinkwaswo Swi Ta Fika Eka Wena Hi Nkarhi Lawu Faneleke, Lehisa Mbilu (All In Good Time, Be Patient)'. Photo: Everard Read.

Phillemon Hlungwani’s cinematic body of work Mitsheketo Yale Makaya (Stories From a Place I Call Home) shows at Everard Read from Thu, Oct 3 – Sat, Nov 2.

With his signature charcoal and pastel, Phillemon Hlungwani brings to life a world vibrating with colour, pattern, and humanity. "Your eye must travel," the artist says of the way the marks and figures draw ones gaze across an image. Translated as 'stories from a place I call home', the solo exhibition Mitsheketo Yale Makaya is a commentary on home, people, and a community, with many pieces that speak to the artist's experience directly. We see women walking to church, children playing hekeleheke- hekee! (Ring a Ring o' Roses), and water carriers in these works, depicting moments of quiet beauty and depth.

Dates to diarise

Head to the gallery on the opening weekend for a walkabout with Hlungwani on Sat, Oct 5 from 10:30.

The solo Mitsheketo Yale Makaya shows at Everard Read until Sat, Nov 2.