171pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2021
Catalogue of the exhibition, Stevenson, Cape Town, 2021.
"Phambi Kwendlovu, translating from isiXhosa as ‘before the elephant’, looks at this animal’s physical, metaphorical and idiomatic existence. Nazareth states, ‘The elephant is the memory, but you are also the elephant; the elephant is like the joker in a card game, it can be used for many things.’" from the Stevenson website
Includes the essay, "Make for where the August hams grow" by Sisipho Ngodwana, and 12 pamphlets.
Text in both English and Portuguese.
Paulo Nazareth was born in 1977 in Governador Valadares, Brazil, and lives and works throughout the world. He won the Mercedes-Benz Award by MASP de Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil (2012) as well as the 12th Salão Nacional de Arte de Itajaí, Brazil, and the 28th Salão de Arte de Bolsa da Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2005).