iThongo

"My intentions with developing an extended body of work under the title iThongo is to highlight a gathering of dreams, seated in the soul, held by the spirits of our ancestors. The language of dreams is symbolic and therefore realized as uyalezo, messages from our ancestral spirits."

Friedman Benda is pleased to announce iThongo by Andile Dyalvane, unveiling in New York on April 29, 2021. An extensive collection of sculptural ceramic seating, iThongo is Dyalvane’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and the second collaboration with Southern Guild. In homage to his ancestors, this body of work traveled in its entirety to Dyalvane’s rural homestead in Ngobozana, Eastern Cape, where his family and extended community had the opportunity to view it in November before being presented in Cape Town at the Southern Guild and presently, in New York at Friedman Benda.