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

IQHAYIYA LOMANYANO” IS A CAPSULE COLLECTION THAT DRAWS FROM THE DEEPLY NOSTALGIC JOY OF CHILDHOOD IN TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE STREETS. IT REFLECTS A TIME WHEN DAYS WERE SHAPED BY THE EXCITEMENT OF PLAYING SPORT, WHERE DREAMS OF BECOMING PROFESSIONAL SPORTS STARS FELT CLOSE AND POSSIBLE.
THE COLLECTION CAPTURES THE RITUALS AND EMOTIONS OF THOSE MOMENTS. RUSHING HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH ANTICIPATION, CHANGING OUT OF SCHOOL CLOTHES, WASHING SOCKS QUICK, AND RUNNING BACK OUTSIDE BEFORE THE STREET LIGHTS CAME ON. IT RECALLS THE RESOURCEFULNESS OF PLAY, WHERE BALLS WERE MADE FROM BREAD PLASTICS, TIN CANS, BRICKS AND WHATEVER ELSE COULD BE FOUND, TRANSFORMED BY IMAGINATION INTO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
THROUGH A CAREFULLY CURATED SELECTION OF GARMENTS, “IQHAYIYA LOMANYANO” TRANSLATES THESE MEMORIES INTO A CONTEMPORARY FORM, HOLDING ONTO THE SENSE OF FREEDOM, UNITY AND POSSIBILITY THAT DEFINED THOSE EXPERIENCES. IT IS BOTH A REFLECTION AND A TRIBUTE, HONOURING A SHARED CHILDHOOD WHERE COMMUNITY, CREATIVITY AND DREAMS WERE INTERWOVEN INTO EVERY MOMENT OF PLAY.