Mthethwa’s body of work includes portraits of black workers—sugar-cane cutters, brick workers and coal miners—photographed in the landscape of their labor. In 2005, ...

“Zwelethu Mthethwa: Inner Views,” at the Studio Museum in Harlem, provides a refreshingly intimate look at South African life one you’re not likely to have gleaned from the World Cup crowds ...

Mthethwa was forced to shelve the project following a public outrage two months ago. This after the department came under criticism for its plan to construct the 100-metre high flag at the Freedom ...

Mthethwa’s deliberate use of color is one way for him to distinguish the representation of black Africans, but, at the same time, his use of color incorporates a host of aesthetic concerns.