Artist: Manfred Zylla
Essays & texts by: Ashraf Jamal, Nomusa Mahubu, Nilas Zimmer et al.
Gallery: National Arts Festival, Grahamstown & Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town
Dates: 2 July 2015 – 12 July 2015
Website: https://steynsays.wordpress.com/tag/erdmann-contemporary/
Pages: 182
It is interesting that Zylla’s works particularly in the 120 Days of Sodom not only draws from the pages of history but paradoxically translates lyrical languages into visual narratives. In his works, the vagaries of or in history is still the pantomime of today’s’ societies. Greed culture, corruption. Selfishness, the pursuit of power, sex and sexual aggrandizement has become an everyday trade and tool by men and women. He has poignantly been able to illustrate through his paintings, drawings and printmaking that man is the albatross in his development. Zylla’s works has brought the audience that dialogues with his metaphoric language indispensable discourses that challenges and documents sensibilities.
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