Esther Mahlangu: To Paint Is in My Heart

by Azu Nwagbogu, Thomas Girst, Hans Ulrich Obrist

Esther Mahlangu is globally acclaimed for her bright and bold abstract paintings with vivid, geometric patterns that are rooted in South Africa's Ndebele artistic tradition. She was a disruptor from an early age, becoming the first person to reimagine Ndebele visual artistic style--historically used for decorating houses--on painting media such as canvas, and has become a much-loved cultural ambassador of the Ndebele Nation.

Esther Mahlangu:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500028125
• ISBN13: 9780500028124
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages