AFPR—Meet The Artists: Chuma Maweni

For generations, people have met around the kitchen table to share meals, stories, and dreams with one another. Communal gatherings like these are called imbizo in the Xhosa language. To design his table and stools on view in the exhibition, Maweni drew inspiration from across time and space, from traditional Nguni vessels, which inform his patterns, to futuristic kitchens, where communities of the past and present meet. Here, in this house, knowledge is passed in a cycle, much like the carved rings created by the turning of Maweni’s pottery wheel. Learn more about the space and see all the artworks on view: #MetAfrofuturist Production Credits: Managing Producer: Kate Farrell Producer: Melissa Bell Editor: Lela Jenkins Graphic Design: Abby Chen Music: Austin Fisher Photographs: Paul Lachenauer Special thanks: Chuma Maweni, Sarah Lawrence, Ian Alteveer, Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie, Claire Lanier, Victoria Martinez, Sofie Andersen Subscribe for new content from The Met: #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art