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Esther MahlanguNdebele Abstract 322017
2017
$29,880.51
£22,344.98
€25,000
CA$41,195.90
A$45,213.49
CHF 23,760.36
MX$538,031.45
NOK 303,727.95
SEK 277,547.24
DKK 190,510.32
About the Item
This painting by Esther Mahlangu is a powerful and harmonious circular composition, built on concentric geometries and bold primary colors-yellow, red, blue, green, black, and white.
The yellow center acts as a symbolic focal point, while the surrounding geometric patterns create a hypnotic, precise, almost musical visual rhythm. The lines are clean and controlled, without hesitation: every shape is essential, nothing is merely decorative.
Visually, the work radiates balance, energy, and identity. It fits perfectly into a contemporary interior, engaging in dialogue with minimalist architecture, while at the same time breaking the neutrality of the space with a strong, authoritative presence.
Brief history of the artist
Esther Mahlangu is one of the most important living African artists, internationally recognized and celebrated.
Born in 1935 in South Africa, she is the leading ambassador of Ndebele painting, a tradition originally created on the walls of houses as a female, identity-based visual language, passed down from mother to daughter.
Mahlangu made a historic gesture:
she brought this tradition into the global contemporary art system, exhibiting in major museums and collaborating with iconic institutions and brands (BMW Art Car, Fondation Cartier, British Museum), proving that African culture is not folklore, but fully conscious modernity.
Why buy it
It is an icon, not a trend. Esther Mahlangu already belongs to art history.
It is immediate and powerful, able to communicate even to those who are not art specialists.
It holds its value over time: the market recognizes her, museums legitimize her, collectors actively seek her work.
It works in any context: private homes, professional spaces, corporate collections.
It is a cultural statement: owning it signals an open, informed, international vision.
This is not an "ethnic" artwork.
It is pure modernism, born in Africa and universal in its language.
- Creator:Esther Mahlangu (1935)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Diameter: 39.38 in (100 cm)
- More Editions Sizes:unicaPrice: $29,881
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: www.blackliquidart.com1stDibs: LU2924217354522
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