Nonkululeko from the series Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder (Primary Title)
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder (Series Title)
Nontsikelelo Veleko, South African, born 1977 (Artist)
I’m totally urban, and I love what happens in urban environments. . . . It’s something simple, something that people know, but that they don’t actually think is that important until they’ve seen it in a photograph. — Nontsikelelo Veleko
Veleko represents a generation of artists that matured in post-apartheid South Africa. Her signature series, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, considers the role of fashion in the construction of identity and highlights the freedom and expressiveness of youth in her Johannesburg. The confidence and playfulness of her subjects project her own desire to define a new era in South African art.
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