eBhish’ by Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose
On the (in)visibility of black leisure in public spaces
eBhish’ is a solo exhibition by Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose (b.1994, eThekwini, South Africa) presented at blank projects from 22 July – 21 August 2021. Through his work Nyawose is contributing to a “contemporary archive of black life ebhish’, one with humanising, tender and intimate moments, aimed at inscribing our place in the seaside eThekwini.” Read the full text by the artist and view the artworks on show below.
Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 17 (December 26th, 2019), 2021.
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About the artist
Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose is an artist, curator, filmmaker, researcher, and sessional lecturer. He received his MFA from the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at University of Cape Town in 2021. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Curatorship from the Centre for Curating the Archive at the University of Cape Town (2018), and a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture Medium from AFDA’s School for the Creative Economy in Cape Town.
eBhish’ is interested in
in the finer happenings.
It is a self-reflexive endeavour;
an archive in the making,
unfettered by the tropes of
representational image making.
Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 24 (October 2019), 2021
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Top: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 20 (January 1st, 2020), 2021.
Bottom: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 21 (January 1st, 2020), 2021.
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Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 9 (December 16th, 2019), 2021.
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Top: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 15 (January 1st, 2020), 2021;
Bottom: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 2 (January 1st, 2020), 2021.
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Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 3 (January 1st, 2020), 2021.
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Top: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 26 (December 16th, 2019), 2021.
Bottom: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Untitled 25 (October 2019), 2021.
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Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, eBhish’ (2021) | Installation view at blank projects, Cape Town
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CREDITS
All images courtesy of blank projects and the artist.
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