I Hear My Father's Cattle, There is Music in My Heart
Artist
Zondlile Zondo
(Zulu (South African), b. 1969)
Art Collective
Ubuhle Women
(South African, founded 1999)
CultureZulu (South African)
Date2012
MediumCzech glass beads on fabric
Dimensions28 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (71.1 × 86.4 × 3.8 cm)
PortfolioThe Ubuhle art collective
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2018.37.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis piece consists of a field of more subdued patches of colors that is dominated by a large white bull of the Boran breed, facing left with a black musical note on its flank. The depiction represents the joy that she felt as a young woman when she heard her father bringing the cattle in at the end of the day, and the background colors reflect rural tranquility and peacefulness.ProvenanceArtist; purchased by the Chrysler Museum of Art.Exhibition HistoryOffice of the Lieutenant Governor, Richmond, VA, June 30, 2023 – January 31, 2026.
