A Natural Selection - various artists

Second half of the 40-year retrospective exhibition at AVA, with work by dozens of artists. To talk about the development of a contemporary art scene using scientific terms like Natural Selection seems odd. But in fact, the changing cultural climate, political terrain and available resources determining artistic evolution in an ecosphere like Cape Town, are at times quite Darwinian. Which qualities are inherited? What are the connecting traits? Are there radically new qualities which adapt under pressure?

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