Zwelethu Mthethwa’s solo show, Inner Views, opened on July 15 2010 at the Studio Museum in Harlem.
The show, curated by Naomi Beckwith, brings together three series by South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa (b. 1960). “Interiors” and “Empty Beds” document the domestic lives of migrant workers around Johannesburg, South Africa, while “Common Ground” focuses on the shared experience of natural disasters in urban areas, featuring houses in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, after wildfires.
Zwelethu Mthethwa, interview with Larissa Leclair
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