Details

Title

Swazi Holiday Inn

Artist/Maker

Derrick Nxumalo (South African, born 1962)

Date

1994

Medium

Oil on paper

Dimensions

27 x 82 inches

Credit

Anonymous gift

Accession #

2005.323

On View

Currently not on view

Derrick Nxumalo’s colorful image of a pleasant seascape in Durban, the major city in South Africa’s Kwzulu-Natal province, masks the violent political tempest that swept Durban and much of the province in the early 1990s as a result of clashes between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party supporters. The artist instead chose to focus on a tranquil aftermath that would briefly follow the democratic elections in 1994.

Image Copyright

© (c) Derrick Nxumalo

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