Cities of the World: Titus Matiyane

published Feb 7, 2008
Cities of the World Titus Matiyane
Cities of the World shows the work of South African artist Titus Matiyane.

Matiyane creates huge panorama drawings of cities and landscapes from a bird's-eye view.

These colourful drawings overwhelm the viewers and take them on an extended journey through an urban landscape.

Matiyane (born in 1964) is one of many South African artists who have become fascinated by life in the townships and the transformation of the cities.

The panoramas, which he has been making since 1990, give the impression that the artist has observed the cities from the air, while in fact he only flew for the first time in 1998.

Titus Matiyane was already part of "South African Season's", an exhibition initiated by Kristin Feireiss, when she was director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam.

This exhibition has been put together by Annemieke de Kler, curator/Rotterdam, and Stephen Hobbs, artist and partner of The Premises Gallery in Johannesburg.