ABAKUBONAYO PRINT COLLECTION

ABAKUBONAYO IS A CAPTIVATING PRINT COLLECTION OF WORK BY THE TALENTED ARTIST, MASONWABE NTLOKO. TRANSLATED AS "WHAT THEY SEE" FROM XHOSA, THIS COLLECTION DELVES INTO THE MYSTICAL REALM OF INTUITION AND OFFERS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FROM A SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW. NTLOKO'S THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTWORKS EXPLORE INTUITION AS A POWERFUL FORM OF COMMUNICATION, ACKNOWLEDGING ITS DIVINE ORIGIN FROM ENTITIES SUCH AS GOD, ANGELS, AND OUR ANCESTRAL BEINGS.

 

WITHIN THE PAGES OF ABAKUBONAYO, VIEWERS ARE INVITED ON A VISUAL JOURNEY THAT TRANSCENDS THE PHYSICAL REALM, DELVING INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE UNSEEN. NTLOKO'S ARTISTIC APPROACH INTRICATELY WEAVES TOGETHER SYMBOLISM, VIBRANT COLOR PALETTES, AND STRIKING COMPOSITIONS TO EVOKE AN ETHEREAL ATMOSPHERE. EACH PIECE IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE ARTIST'S DEEP CONNECTION TO SPIRITUALITY AND THE PROFOUND BELIEF IN INTUITION AS A GUIDING FORCE.

 

THROUGH THIS COLLECTION, NTLOKO SHEDS LIGHT ON THE OFTEN-MISUNDERSTOOD CONCEPT OF INTUITION, EMPHASIZING ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR LIVES. THE ARTIST DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM ANCIENT WISDOM AND TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, BLENDING THEM SEAMLESSLY WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES. THE RESULTING ARTWORKS SERVE AS GATEWAYS TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM AND ITS ROLE IN OUR LIVES.

 

ABAKUBONAYO CHALLENGES THE AUDIENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TRUST THEIR OWN INTUITION, ENCOURAGING THEM TO EMBRACE THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATION PRESENT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. NTLOKO'S EVOCATIVE VISUAL LANGUAGE CARRIES A PROFOUND MESSAGE: THAT INTUITION IS NOT MERELY A GUT FEELING BUT A DIVINE GIFT FROM HIGHER POWERS, GUIDING, PROTECTING, AND CONNECTING US TO SOMETHING GREATER THAN OURSELVES.

 

IN THIS CATALOGUE OF CAPTIVATING PRINTS, MASONWABE NTLOKO INVITES US TO EXPLORE THE REALM OF INTUITION, URGING US TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE GUIDANCE BESTOWED UPON US BY GOD, ANGELS, AND OUR ANCESTORS. ABAKUBONAYO SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT OUR INNATE INTUITION IS A POWERFUL FORCE, WAITING TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CHERISHED AS A UNIQUE FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIVINE.

ABOUT THE COLLECTION

THIS CAPSULE COLLECTION REPRESENTS THE ACT OF CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. IT BEGAN AFTER I LOST ALL MY PREVIOUS WORK, AND THE MAIN PORTRAIT ARTWORK BECAME THE FIRST PIECE I CREATED IN THAT PERIOD OF RENEWAL. THE COLLECTION WAS DEVELOPED WITH NEW ELEMENTS AND LIMITED RESOURCES, GUIDED BY A CLEAR INTENTION TO FORM A COHESIVE BODY OF WORK. EACH PIECE INTRODUCES DISTINCT PRINTS AND PATTERNS THAT BUILD VISUAL CONNECTION WITHOUT REPETITION. THIS COLLECTION CONTINUES THE MASONWABE NTLOKO BRAND MANIFESTO OF CREATING CLOTHING THAT REFLECTS OUR IDENTITIES AND STORIES. IT CELEBRATES WEARABLE ART THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE OURSELVES AND WEAR OUR PRIDE WITH CONFIDENCE.