Nicholas Hlobo
2016 M Neelika Jayawardane

June 2016
Art Africa

 'Instinctual Voyages': M Neelika Jayawardane follows Nicholas Hlobo's work from his first solo show to his New York debut at Lehmann Maupin

Arthrob, 18 May 2018

'The sheer magnitude and velocity of movement the copper tendrils evoke almost keeps one at bay lest they should be taken out of stasis and absorb all life in its path' writes Kopano Maroga about Nicholas Hlobo's immersive installation at the Maitland Institute, Umthamo.

Business Day, 6 January 2017
'Stitching up wounds after a chainsaw massacre: Sewing Saw refuses straightforward interpretation', review by Chris Thurman

Miami Herald, 25 October 2013
Siobhan Morrissey reviews Hlobo's Intethe, an 'experimental opera sketch' at Miami's Locust Projects

Flash Art , October 2012

Nicholas Hlobo: Writing in space - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist about writing, sketching and performance

Kaleidoscope, 14 June 2012
'... along the joins, and into the edges of liminality ...' - This is where conversations with Nicholas Hlobo lead us, writes Tracy Murinik

Third Text, September 2012
'South African Rubber and Clay: Material challenges to the global nomad': An essay by Elizabeth Perrill on Nicholas Hlobo and Clive Sithole

Nicholas Hlobo: Sculpture. Installation. Performance. Drawing, 2011
Kerryn Greenberg describes Hlobo's performances as 'animating sculpture' in the catalogue for his solo exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Nicholas Hlobo: Sculpture. Installation. Performance. Drawing, 2011
'Benevolent excess: Transgressive form in the art of Nicholas Hlobo' by Jan-Erik Lundstrom, from the catalogue to Hlobo's Oslo solo exhibition

Wanted Magazine, February 2011
'Recycling tradition': Nechama Brodie meets 'rising star' Nicholas Hlobo at his Johannesburg studio

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