Dildo

Notes

The present lot was printed by Dennis da Silva at Silverton Johannesburg and is a unique print.

Another example from the edition is in the IZIKO South African National Gallery permanent collection.

Accompanied by a copy of Adrian Searle (2020) 'Strap-ons, style and self-invention: Zanele Muholi review', The Guardian, 3 November, adhered to the reverse.

"Only Half the Picture focuses on skin: its richness, versatility and texture. Body politics is explored in all of its glory, showcasing beautiful scars as seen in Aftermath (2004), and human blood and luxuriant hair, as seen in Bra (2003). Muholi has said that this is a part of politicising spaces in a conscious way – forcing those in power to acknowledge a community that has thus far been ignored. Muholi reiterates: 'We want to bring about change in spaces that are queer-phobic.'"¹

^1. Siham Ali (2020) ArtUK, Zanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives, online, https://artuk.org/discover/stories/zanele-muholi-championing-black-and-queer-visual-narratives, accessed 21 August 2025.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owner, Johannesburg, December 2005.

Exhibited

South African National Gallery, Cape Town, A Decade of Democracy: South African Art 1994-2004, April to August 2004, another example from the exhibition exhibited.

Stevenson, Cape Town, Only Half the Picture, 29 March to 29 April 2006, another example exhibited with the title Dada.