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Taking its title from the intergenerational whispers of the Xhosa people, the works in OoNomathotholo carry notes of ancient experience passed down through time. Acting as a conduit, Dyalvane intermingles communal legacies with movement, flow, and labor in his daily creative expression. The new works show his relentless re-engagement with the language of his past and the reality of his present, by creating complex visual metaphors of courage, teaching, and possibility through craft, form, and imagination.

      Comprising a series of large and powerful vessels, crafted during a period of …