Mustafa Maluka

Mustafa Maluka (born 21 November 1976, Cape Town, South Africa) is an artist and cultural analyst. He is known for theatrically confronting the intersection of contemporary critical theory and global politics with his provocative large-scale portraits.

He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, but came of age in Amsterdam, the Netherlands where he studied at De Ateliers postgraduate art institute and the Amsterdam School for Cultural analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He currently lives and works in Finland.[1]

Life and work

Maluka's work has appeared in several international exhibitions such as the 27th São Paulo Bienal[2] in Brazil,"World Histories" at Des Moines Art Centre,[3] Iowa and "Flow" at the Studio Museum[4] in Harlem.

Book covers

Maluka's work has appeared on the covers of variou books. Most recently his painting entitled "I can't believe you think that of me"[5] appeared on the cover of the Harper Collins book South African Art Now[6] and one of his photographs on the cover of the social science book "The new media nation: indigenous peoples and global communication".[7] A still from a 2001 interactive piece was used as the cover for the book "Africa and its significant others: forty years of intercultural entanglement".[8][9] The multiple award winning novel by Doreen Baingana called "Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe"[10] was also adorned with 3 covers featuring different works by the artist.

Awards

Selected solo exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ 1 http://mikaelandersen.com/index.php?id=60
  2. ↑ 27a. Bienal de São Paulo: Como viver junto — How to live together | e-flux
  3. ↑ archiveworldhistories
  4. ↑ Flow - Studio Museum in Harlem - Art - Review - New York Times
  5. ↑ http://www.bertrand-gruner.com/gallery/artists-mustafa-maluka-23-220.html
  6. ↑ South African Art Now by Sue Williamson
  7. ↑ New Media Nation: Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication (Anthropology of Media): Valerie Alia: 9781845454203: Amazon.com: Books
  8. ↑ Amazon.com: Africa and Its Significant Others: Forty Years of Intercultural Entanglement (Thamyris Intersecting 11) (Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex & Race) (9789042010291):...
  9. ↑ Africa and Its Significant Others: Forty Years of Intercultural Entanglement - Google Books
  10. ↑ TROPICAL FISH, ETC: Three Beautiful Covers for One Book!
  11. ↑ African Artists @ Thami Mnyele, Netherlands
  12. ↑ A R T T H R O B _ N E W S
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