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Wonderboy Nxumalo (1975- 2008) was born in Greytown, KwaZulu Natal. In 1994, he joined Ardmore Ceramic Art and Fée Halsted.

'Wonderboy often worked in monochrome, or limited the range of his colours, using a scratched, scrafitto technique.His works include a collection of commemorative plates and platters depicting the Anglo-Zulu War, while his 'monkey message' plates and cups warn and educate his audience on the Aids pandemic.... He travelled to Wales to participate in the International Ceramics Festival and also to London to represent Ardmore at the Christie's exhibition and auction in January 2004....
His work tells the story of his life with HIV/Aids through the metaphor of the monkey. It has continued to garner international acclaim and was exhibited at the Istanbul Biennale in 2011. Wonderboy's designs live on in an epic new chapter for Ardmore where they are used in our new fabrics. Proceeds from the sale of this iconic South African design - with its important message of love in the face of HIV/Aids - go to his mother and to Kazimula, our local Aids orphanage.' Taken from http://www.ardmoreceramics.co.za/world-of-ardmore/about

Event Date 14/2/2014
Author: Rachel Hand

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Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained as part of a larger group of prints 2013.221- 263 from Caversham Press. (The Caversham Press, P.O. Box 87, Balgowan 3275, South Africa.) The prints arrived at MAA in September 2013.

The Caversham Press was founded in 1985 in the Caversham Valley of KwaZulu-Natal to afford South African artists access to a professional collaborative printmaking studio for the production of traditional limited edition prints. The Press was the first comprehensive facility of its kind in Southern Africa and has become highly regarded not only for the range of processes it offers and the expertise of founder and print-master, Malcolm Christian, but also for its reputation as an accessible and collaborative art centre.

Event Date 14/2/2014
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Etching with screen-print by Wonderboy Nxumalo, titled 'Unkulunkulu Ungmhlengi Wami', 1998. Edition 9/35. Inscribed 'Wonderboy Nxumalo/ / Unkulunkulu Ungmhlengi Wami'
Event Date 14/2/2014
Author: maa