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...Nkosi??s ability to tell a story serves her well as a filmmaker. For her non-fiction video course, she is editing a video titled Crossing Night. For the past two summers, she has worked at Artists Proof, a community art studio in Johannesburg that specializes in printmaking. Nhlanhla Xaba, one of the studio’s founders, died in a fire while he was “crossing night,” or working all night in the studio. Nkosi??s film documents the creation of a project called “Reconciliation...
...other aspect, the featured artwork was connected to the show’s title by its provocativeness. The vibrant color photographs of Thenjiwe Nkosi ’04 was a case in point. “Just plain African Americans” was the most interesting image in Nkosi??s series, which was shot at various black hair salons and barbershops...
...Nkosi??s decision to call this photograph “Just plain African Americans” is interesting, given that the only figures depicted are a lone black woman and a white television personality. Is Judge Judy somehow “African American”? Are the “plain African Americans” the non-existent inhabitants of the deserted chairs? Is the woman with the magazine somehow supposed to represent her entire race? Like the title of the exhibit, much of this piece’s power is in its ambiguity and the questions...
...Winthrop Junior Common Room opposite a festive, impressionistic scene of Memorial Church at commencement, Thenjiwe N. Nkosi??s harsh outlines delineate fantastically Stalinist buildings, “moments in South African history.” Carefully adhering to a scheme of stark contrasts in grey, white and black, Nkosi ’04 creates wintry, nightmarish images of apocalypse...
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