Artwork
Nexus Architecture - Johannesburg Biennale
Lucy Orta, 1997
- Ref: 0302
- Materials: Dutch wax printed cotton, kanga, zippers
- Dimensions: 170 x 100cm. 1 of 16 original works labeled and signed by the artists
- Catalogued: pp42-45 Process of Transformation, Editions Jean Michel Place 1996; pp76-19 Lucy Orta, Phaidon Press London 2005; p102 Lucy + Jorge Orta: Pattern Book, Black Dog London 2009;
- Exhibition history: 1997 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa; 2008 MMKA Arnhem, Holland; 2010 Plymouth Arts Centre, UK; 2012 MMKA Arnhem, Holland
- Courtesy: Private Collection, UK / Motive Gallery, Amsterdam
- Concept: Nexus suits created together with migrant labourers from the Usindiso shelter in Johannesburg for the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, during a workshop installed in the historic Worker's Library, adjacent to the Electricty Factory exhibition hall.
