FANOZI CHICKENMAN MKHIZE, Wordswordswords

74pp., colour illus., paperback, WAX366, Glasgow, 2025

ISBN: 9780957358898

Published to coincide with the exhibition, WORDSWORDSWORDS, Fanozi Chickenman Mkhize with Roger Palmer, Isaac Benigson, Old & Interesting Art, Great Russell Street, London, 2025

Contributions include:

"Butisi/Tart?" by Zoë Wicomb

"Johannes Fanozi 'Chickenman' Mkhize: A Harper's Index-Style Portrait" by Sean O'Toole

"Izimpawu ze'ndlela" by Khanyisile Mbongwa.

Fanozi Chickenman Mkhize (1959-1995) was a self-taught street artist from KwaZulu-Natal known for his road sign sculptures with their creative, often humorous, "mis-spelt" slogans. His work featured in numerous exhibition, includingThe Neglected Tradition, the 1995 Johannesburg Biennale and 'Earth & Everything', recent art from South Africa.

Roger Palmer and David Bellingham are artists based in Glasgow.