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Sam Nhlengethwa Township Series 2005

In this series of fifteen prints, Sam Nhlengethwa has turned his focus onto the Townships of South Africa. Township life has been an important source of inspiration for Black South African artists since the early twenties. This work is best recalled in the paintings of Gerard Sekoto and later Durant Sihlali. The "Township Art " genre became discredited in the late seventies and eighties as artists jumped on the bandwagon and started to create work that was sentimental and unoriginal.

In this series of prints Sam Nhlengethwa tackles this tricky past and returns to the strength of the work that Sekoto and Sihlali mastered. Sam Nhlengethwa has travelled around the country observing life in both small and large townships. What he has discovered is that as much as things change they still remain the same. People continue to live in their communities and spend their days getting on with very ordinary tasks such as washing clothes, visiting the hair salon and gossiping. These are the images that Sam Nhlengethwa has focussed on and chosen to record, thus capturing a contemporary yet timeless sense of life in South Africa's townships.

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Township Series, colour lithographs

sam nhlengethwa, sam nhlkengethwa prints, african art, contemporary african art, african fine art
Title: Car Wash
Medium: eleven colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 4 725

sam nhlengethwa, sam nhlengethwa prints, township art, township series, contemporary african art
Title: Postman
Medium: ten colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 4 725

sam nhlengethwa, fine art prints, township art, south african art, african art
Title: Sunday
Medium: ten colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 4 725

sam nhlengethwa, contemporary south african art, township art, township images, african art
Title: Hair Salon
Medium: eight colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 4 725

sam nhlenethwa, contemporary african art, south african art, township art, township series
Title: Gossiping
Medium: twelve colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 4 725

Township Series, black and white lithographs

sam nhlengethwa, african art, township art, south african prints
Title: Fetching Water
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhhlengethwa, sam nhlengethwa prints, township art, township prints, south african art
Title: Cold Day at Manyatseng
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, african prints, south african art, investment prints
Title: Dr Morare's Surgery
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, african prints, township art, lithographs, fine prints
Title: Public Phones
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, township prints, african art, contemporary african art
Title: Sdudla (Big /Large)
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, sam nhlengethwa township series, sam nhlengethwa lithographs
Title: Friends
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, south african art, south african township art, south african prints
Title: Skorokoro (Scrap car)
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, african art, contemporary african art, south african art, african prints
Title: Going to Church
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, township art, south african township art, contemprary african prints
Title: Vegetable Bakkie
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

sam nhlengethwa, african art, contemporary african art, south african art
Title: Washing Day
Medium: single colour chine colle lithograph
Paper size: 37 x 46cm
Image size: 23.5 x 33cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 3 350

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