{"id":182245,"date":"2021-03-03T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=99668"},"modified":"2021-03-03T06:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:50:05","slug":"why-nandos-is-fired-up-about-taking-south-african-art-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/why-nandos-is-fired-up-about-taking-south-african-art-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nando\u2019s is fired up about taking South African art to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>When people think of Nando\u2019s, they think of the brand\u2019s famous PERi-PERi chicken and cheeky advertising. But, thanks to the long-running Nando\u2019s Art Initiative and the Nando\u2019s CREATIVITY programmes that have followed on from it, many people around the world also associate Nando\u2019s with exciting Southern African art.<\/p>\n

\u201cPERi-PERi chicken is what we know best, so we partnered with Spier Arts Trust, because they know art,\u201d says Kirsty Niehaus, who heads up the Nando\u2019s Art Initiative. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked together to develop art programmes that nurture and develop Southern African artists, enabling them to take the next steps not just in their art practice, but in their careers as professionals too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of these artists have gone on to enjoy success in South Africa and even globally. Tammy Job, Enterprise Manager at Spier Arts Trust, says that as well as providing artists with opportunities to earn income and enjoy critique on their work, the programmes help to boost artists\u2019 profiles and develop their credibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be \u2018on the map\u2019 as an artist, you always want to have your art in a collection. The Nando\u2019s art collection gives professional artists that opportunity, often for the first time for emerging artists, and then every Nando\u2019s restaurant around the world displays that art, so millions of people get to see it,\u201d says Job. \u201cPlus, there are massive opportunities that Nando\u2019s invests in, like 1-54, the first leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, which can really help put artists on the world stage, as well as giving them a real confidence boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nando\u2019s has been investing in art since 2001 and in the last 20 years has grown its art initiative to include five different artist development programmes. \u201cOur programmes have supported more than 350 artists on a regular basis and our art is displayed in 1200 restaurants in 24 countries. We have more than 21000 artworks in our collection, making us the largest private collector of contemporary South African art in the world,\u201d says Niehaus.<\/p>\n

Success stories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lizette Chirrime
Born in Mozambique, Lizette Chirrime\u2019s journey with Nando\u2019s began in 2013. Her walk with Spier Arts Trust began almost a decade earlier in 2004, when she started submitting artworks to the Creative Block programme. By 2016, she had been selected to exhibit at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London.<\/p>\n

Her detailed fabric collages reflect her life\u2019s journey, which hasn\u2019t always been easy. She
often incorporates interesting, recycled and discarded materials into her artwork. The result is a crossover between the fine and applied arts and fashion design. Informed by an awareness of the negative impact that the actions of human beings have on the environment and the often unappreciated role women play in society, she hopes to inspire and evoke change.<\/p>\n

Chirrime\u2019s journey has been remarkable. With no formal artistic training, she was working as a secretary when she decided to pursue her artistic dreams. She moved to Cape Town and worked hard to make the most of every opportunity available to her. She was a resident artist at Greatmore Studios in 2005, and in 2006 she completed the Truworths Artists Residency Programme at The Castle.<\/p>\n

In 2017 she was nominated for a Bright Young Thing (BYT) award. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and art fairs, both locally and across the globe. In 2020, she was commissioned to create poster art for Yo-Yo Ma for a Cape Town show, and in 2019, she was commissioned to conceive a large-scale artwork as a water fountain at the Spier Hotel, in collaboration with Spier Arts Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up under very harsh conditions, angry and afraid of life and with no self-esteem. I was a wounded person. I started gardening and drawing and this became my therapy,\u201d she says. \u201cMy work is guided and influenced by water, the female and a combination of happiness and sadness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dion Cupido
Born in 1973 in Mitchells Plain, South Africa, Dion Cupido is largely self-taught. He\u2019s come a long way since his teen years, spent spray painting graffiti on walls in the Cape Flats. Today, he is a respected artist whose mural artworks have been specially commissioned for Nando\u2019s restaurants in London and Dubai, as well as locally in Bryanston, JHB.<\/p>\n

Cupido discovered his ability to paint in 1990 while helping a friend with a school project. His first paintings were exhibited in 1998. In 2003, he joined the Arts & Media Access Centre\u2019s (AMAC) professional development programme, where he won the Truworths AMAC Academy of the Visual Arts award. By 2013, ArtSouthAfrica, South Africa\u2019s most influential and widely read arts magazine, nominated him as a Bright Young Thing. He is currently represented by WorldArt Gallery.<\/p>\n

Cupido\u2019s studio-produced paintings remain deeply influenced by street art \u2013 so much so that it can be seen as another form of tagging. An important realisation for him at the time was that his work also triggers certain thoughts and memories. \u201cI realised that our biased memories do more than simply present us with images of our personal history,\u201d he says. \u201cIt also shapes our sense of who and what we are. In doing so, it guides us to forming an opinion about ourselves that may not be very accurate. As a result, it does little more than helping us experience life only as we THINK we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adolf Tega
Adolf Tega is originally from Zimbabwe and obtained a Diploma in Fine Art from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in 2006, specialising in painting and sculpture. In 2007, he relocated to Cape Town, where he joined the Good Hope Art Studios. He has participated in a number of group exhibitions and he held his first solo exhibition, Africa Without Borders, at The AVA Gallery in Cape Town in 2012.<\/p>\n

Tega finds his inspiration in the mundane \u2013 the often-overlooked aspects of life. He is fascinated with the density and scale of these masses. He has a particular interest in documenting the faceless and often disregarded populace that populate our environment.<\/p>\n

His journey with Nando\u2019s and Spier Arts Trust began with the Creative Block programme in 2014. He has since participated in Nando\u2019s Chicken Run, a programme that sees the Spier Arts chief curator visits artists in studio for in-depth practice discussions and artwork purchasing. In 2018, he produced a large-scale artwork for Nando\u2019s Jinadalee, Australia. However, the highlight of his journey with Nando\u2019s has been his selection for the 2019 Nando\u2019s Creative Exchange, which resulted in him receiving two gallery representation offers, as well as two solo shows. This has enabled Tega to obtain his own studio space.<\/p>\n

For more Nando\u2019s CREATIVITY stories, visit the blog here: https:\/\/www.nandos.co.za\/explore\/creativity<\/p>\n

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