Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

Landing Triptych (Gold, Hand-finished)

€2,500

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Hand-finished

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Using gymnastic performance as an allegory for artistic practice, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi underpins elegant, architectural compositions with a pointed redress of place, performance and the politicisation of bodies.

Arranged to form one continuous composition, Landing unites the abstract and figurative elements of the artist's practice. Realised in a refined palette of pink, blue and damson, her emblematic gymnast is featured alongside two seated spectators. The central panel is hand-finished by the artist in gold ink, making each set unique.

"I have been thinking about landings as a metaphor for my own relationship with my work. So much depends on the landing. A successful landing - elegant, stable, safe - is possible only through balance: physical, mental, emotional. In this work, the gymnast has an ankle injury. She is vulnerable. Yet she presses through the pain to compete."

The triptych's central panel is also available to order as a standalone print.

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Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

4 collaborations

While Nkosi is best known as a painter, her practice spans multiple mediums including film, installation and performance. In her paintings, clean, geometric blocks depict scenes of people and architecture in the artists’ signature colour palette of calming pastel tones. Nkosi uses oil on canvas, carefully layering her compositions over time in a process she likens to meditation.

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