Katlego Tlabela
Multidisciplinary artist Katlego Tlabela creates work that examines social and political crises in post-apartheid South Africa. He employs painting, sound, photography, and sculptural installations to spark important dialogues surrounding race and representation. After graduating from the University of Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Art, where he majored in printmaking, Tlabela began showing work in group exhibitions throughout South Africa.
Though at first reluctant to call himself a painter due to his formal training as a printmaker, Tlabela has received attention for his paintings depicting Black subjects in positions of leisure and luxurious domestic settings. These works—often composed of acrylic, ink, and collage on canvas—feature sprawling interiors, high-end furniture, and walls adorned with colorful artwork.
“Rich N*gga Problems II”
Katlego’s Rich Nigga Problems II continues his exploration of the new Black elite, celebrating their lifestyle while acknowledging its complexities. As a printmaker turned painter, Katlego uses digital media to bring these lives to life, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the depicted chaos, privilege, and racial dynamics.
Katlego Tlabela
Artwork name
Rich N*gga Problems II
Source Materials
Painting on Belgian Linen, Collage
Rarity
1 of 1
Size:
900cm x 1600
Single-channel video
00:00:45 seconds (3840 x 2160 pixels)
This work is unique and accompanied by
a non-fungible token alongside a
physical artwork.
Executed in 2024.
Included
55 Inch SAMSUNG FRAME TV
Physical Artwork
Price
R145 000
Excluding VAT
Physical Artwork:
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga (b. 1997, Lubumbashi, DRC) was initially trained as a printmaker but soon gravitated towards painting and collage - the mediums that have come to define her practice.
The core focus of Mulanga’s art is to challenge the representation of Black female subjects by investigating the individual’s relationship with space. Space works on multiple levels in Mulanga’s artworks; on the one hand, it represents the space itself. On the other, it is symbolic as an extension of the individual. The space embodies the human, morphing into an independent protagonist. As is the case with different facets of the human soul, these multi-spaces exist in one moment, inviting one to reflect and interact with them if and when they are ready. It is in these liminal moments that Cinthia Sifa Mulanga highlights the nuances and complexities of a Black woman’s identity in today’s world.
“Nostalgia”
Cynthia’s work repositions the representation of Black women, examining their historical and spatial relationships. Her response to DON’T LOOK BACK emphasizes a forward-looking perspective, envisioning endless possibilities. The goal is for the art to transcend mere representation, invoking a dreamlike loop of curiosity and fascination.
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga
Artwork name
Nostalgia
Source Materials
Painting, Canvas, Collage
Rarity
1 of 1
Single-channel video
00:01:00 minutes (3840 x 2160 pixels)
This work is unique and accompanied by a non-fungible token.
Executed in 2024.
Includes
55 Inch SAMSUNG FRAME TV
Price
R120 000 Excluding VAT
Justice Mukheli
Justice Mukheli is a South African Painter, film director, and Photographer.
Mukheli’s fluid, engulfing compositions are inspired by his upbringing in Soweto, South Africa, reflecting on a host of themes from masculinity and blackness to ancestry and spirituality. Mukheli’s process is rapid and his compositions engrossing - taking cues from his past as a photographer he paints contemporary portraits which lapse into the abstract, looking to challenge both our perception of portraiture and what it means to be African. Mukheli attempts to reconnect with his ancestral past - an Africa unshaped by colonisation and Christianity and instead built
through spirituality.
“Soliloquy”
Justice Mukheli
Artwork name
Soliloquy
Rarity
1 of 1
Single-channel video
00:02:00 minutes (3840 x 2160 pixels)
This work is unique and accompanied by a non-fungible token.
Executed in 2024.
Mukheli examines his own masculinity, shaped by growing up in the mid-80s towards the birth of a new democratic South Africa. His work, Soliloquy, confronts his upbringing and the transformation needed to navigate the new societal expectations. Justice Mukheli’s meditation challenges traditional notions of masculinity and embracing a self-defined identity in
today’s context.
Included
55 Inch SAMSUNG FRAME TV
3x 1/1 29,7 x 42 cm
Archival photographic prints
Price
R110 000 Excluding VAT
Archival Photographic Prints:
