ANDILE DYALVANE, iThongo

68pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town & New York, (2020).

Published to accompany the exhibition, Southern Guild, Cape Town (2020) and Friedman Benda, New York (2021).

The collection of 19 ceramic sculptures was first shown in Dyalvane's family kraal in his home village, Ngobozana, in the Eastern Cape. "The artist conducted a ceremony with his community and gifted a single work in perpetuity to heal his people's displacement."

Contributions include:

"Where the Heart Is" by Glenn Adamson

"IThongo: Dreams, time and the cosmic blueprint of our identity" by Sisonkepapu (Khnysa).

"Language, Sound, Clay and Thread" by Nkuthazo Dyalvane.

Andile Dyalvane (b. 1978) lives and works in Cape Town. In 2005, he co-founded Imiso Ceramics with fellow ceramicist Zizipho Poswa.