Title:
Melrose Gallery: Pitika Ntuli’s exhibition Sangoma bone sculptures
Published:
Art Times
https://arttimes.co.za/91951-2/
Description:
"Fixed definitions of ‘contemporary’ and ‘primitive art’ have haunted African art history. Launching on June 25 at the National Arts Festival, Pitika Ntuli’s novel exhibition Azibuyele Emasisweni, (Return to the Source), presenting 45 bone sculptures (each with their own praise song) will challenge and test these terms and how art can be enjoyed virtually."
The artist:
Pitika Ntuli completed a Master of Fine Art at Pratt Institute in New York and a MA at Brunel University in London.
"He is primarily a sculptor. His stark skeletal structures are created in any physical medium he can find; metal, wood, stone, and bone and can range from small to monumental works in granite that weigh in excess of 19 tonnes. He has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in a myriad of group exhibitions, mostly in London. His works are held in numerous important public, private and corporate collections."