Zaterdag 18 Juni 2011
Debate African Cities: problem or solution? and visit of the Blueprints of Paradise exhibition
Zaterdag 18 Juni 2011 15:00
By African Architecture Matters. Introduction to the exhibition, including debate with some of the Blueprints participants, jury member Femke van Zeijl (freelance journalist and writer who focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa), ZAM Africa Magazine editor Bart Luirink and Antoni Folkers, architect and urban designer.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 04 Mei 2011 22:00
t/m Woensdag 12 Oktober 2011
This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.
1910-2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective
Selection of work charting the scope of artistic production in South Africa over the last century. Modern gems and rare treasures by Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern, George Pemba, Maggie Laubser, Gerard Bhengu, JH Pierneef, Durant Sihlali, Dumile Feni & others.
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois, Frankrijk 2010. Waargebeurd verhaal: een groep Franse monniken in Algerije ziet zich halverwege de jaren '90 geconfronteerd met het geweld van moslimfundamentalisten. Een menselijk portret van religieuze idealisten. Grand Prix Cannes.
African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting
Showcases museum purchases and gifts and provides a glimpse into collecting opportunities for art museums. Centerpiece: a towering and visually striking sculpture of Haitian leader Toussaint Louverture by contemporary Senegalese artist Ousmane Sow.
Geheime relaties, oude en nieuwe kunst verbonden
De tentoonstelling toont hedendaagse kunst uit Afrika en de Afrikaanse diaspora samen met objecten uit de collectie traditionele kunst. Deze oude & nieuwe kunstobjecten vinden hun relatie in de Afrikaanse gebruiken of rituelen waaraan ze gerelateerd zijn.
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.
ZIFF 2011 - 14th Festival of the Dhow Countries
East Africa’s largest film and arts festival, showcasing a broad spectrum of African and International creative works on the theme A Season of Visions.
Zanzibar International Film Festival 2011 - 14th Festival of the Dhow Countries
Artists in Dialogue II
The exhibition Artists in Dialogue: Sandile Zulu and Henrique Oliveira is the second in a series of exhibitions in which exciting artists (at least one of whom is African) are invited to a new encounter -- one in which each artist responds to the work of the other, and resulting in original, site-specific works at the museum.
African One Minutes Competition
Since 2000 the One Minutes Foundation (TOM) organises competitions for the best one minutes video. This time African artists are invited to enter the first African One Minutes Competition. There are 6 categories, for more information check Facebook or the One Minutes website. The deadline is 15 July 2011.
Les Spectateurs - Europese tour
OMSK Dordrecht en Lotte van den Berg presenteren de voorstelling Les Spectateurs; een reis van Dordrecht naar Kinshasa (DR Congo) en weer terug, met spelers uit Nederland en Afrika. Centraal staat de vraag hoe een vreemdeling zich verhoudt tot een nieuwe omgeving. Blijf je altijd een toeschouwer (spectateur) of kun je één worden met een onbekende plek?
Festival voor het Afrikaans
Het Afrikaans staat drie dagen lang centraal in muziek, toneel, literatuur, poëzie en lezing. Met oude en nieuwe namen, zoals Gert Vlok Nel, Amanda Strydom, Chris Chameleon, David Kramer, Denise Jannah, Breyten Breytenbach, EKM Dido, Ronelda Kamfer, Niël Rademan, Gideon van Eeden, Louise van Wingerden, Calvin Ncqaku, Themba Ndimande.
Fetish Modernity. Iedereen modern
In het Westen hebben we de neiging om de wereld in te delen in ‘Wij’ versus de ‘Anderen’. We denken al snel een monopolie te hebben op alles wat modern is. Fetish Modernity toont dat dit absoluut niet het geval is en dat er ook buiten het Westen belangrijke vernieuwingen ontstaan.
Kunstenaars in Residentie: Sammy Baloji en Patrick Mudekereza
Resultaten van het verblijf najaar 2010 van fotograaf Sammy Baloji en schrijver Patrick Mudekereza (DR Congo) in het museum. Zij wierpen een eigentijdse blik op het koloniale verleden om zo tot een dialoog te komen tussen de creativiteit van toen en die van nu.
Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now
Drawn entirely from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now features nearly 100, posters, books, and wall stencils created over the last five decades that demonstrate the exceptional reach, range, and impact of printmaking during and after a period of enormous political upheaval.
JOHAN - Made by Vlisco
Sinds 1846 produceert Vlisco kleurrijke stoffen die vooral worden geëxporteerd naar West en Centraal Afrika. Johan Jacobs (1881-1955) was ruim 50 jaar chef tekenkamer bij Vlisco. Hij liet zich - volgens de Art Nouveau traditie - inspireren door dier- en bloemmotieven. In de tentoonstelling JOHAN - Made by Vlisco is een selectie van de ruime collectie stofontwerpen en tekeningen van zijn hand te zien.
Blueprints of Paradise
Een tentoonstelling - ism African Architecture Matters - over architectuur en de snelle veranderingen die het Afrikaanse continent ondergaan. Na aanleiding van een competitie onder Afrikaanse kunstenaars en architecten over de vraag hoe westerse musea hedendaags Afrika zouden moeten representeren, zijn werken geselecteerd die op deze tentoonstelling zijn te zien.
World Press Photo 2011
Jaarlijkse winnaarstentoonstelling. Foto van het jaar ging naar Jodi Bieber (Zuid-Afrika) voor haar portret van een Afghaans meisje voor Time, maar ook haar landgenoten Mike Hutchings (sport) en Thomas P. Peschak (natuur) en Somaliër Feisal Omar (dagelijks leven) zijn onderscheiden.
In a better world: Oscarwinnaar
Anton is dokter in een Afrikaans vluchtelingen kamp en ziet de verschrikkingen van een echte oorlog. Zijn familie woont in Denemarken. Hij en zijn vrouw worstelen met de mogelijkheid om te scheiden. Hun oudste zoon, de 10-jarige Elias, wordt op school gepest. De wereld zou beter zijn als op geweld niet automatisch wraak volgt, is de morele les van het Deense drama.
Fela! - sensationele Broadway-hitmusical in Holland Festival
Een uitdagende mix van muziek, dans en theater over het leven van de legendarische Nigeriaanse muzikant en politiek activist Fela Kuti die in de woelige jaren zeventig met zijn Afrobeat de wereld veroverde. Kuti nam het in zijn politieke teksten op tegen het militaire regime in Nigeria en groeide uit tot de vertolker van de onvrede onder de Afrikaanse massa’s.
hollandfestival dafrique-fela-de-musical africaserver (Fela Kuti & Anton Corbijn [ZAM winter 2010]
Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
Presents the vibrant and sophisticated photographic culture that has emerged in post-apartheid South Africa, responding to the country's powerful rethinking of issues of identity across race, gender, class and politics. Work by Jodi Bieber, Kudzanai Chiurai, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Mikhael Subotzky, Nontsikelelo Veleko and others.
David Goldblatt - Lifetimes: Under Apartheid
Photographer David Goldblatt (b.1930) has explored the social landscape of his home country of South Africa since the late 1940s. In 1987, he generously donated a large collection of his work to the V&A Museum. View a selection of these images, focussing on the later years under apartheid rule, alongside important books by Goldblatt.
ARS 11 - Africa in Comtemporary Art
Exhibition investigates Africa in contemporary art. In addition to artists living in Africa, the show also features others who live outside the continent, artists of African descent as well as Western artists who address African issues in their work. Some 300 works by a total of 30 artists. The exhibition aims to extend the idea of what Africa, contemporary art and African contemporary art are today.
Fototentoonstelling Still and Moving
Beelden uit Johannesburg door Iris Vetter. De tentoonstelling is te bezichtigen van dinsdag tot en met vrijdag van
10.00-16.00. Toegang: gratis.
Festival Mundial 2011
Inmiddels één van de grootste wereldmuziek- en cultuurfestivals in de Benelux. Met een mix van (wereld) muziek, dans, poëzie, educatie, workshops, debat, (internationale) stages, actieve mediabenaderingen, uitwisselingen, ontmoetingen en infotainment.
Tingatinga Paintings from Tanzania
Tingatinga painting is a fascinating mixture between tradition and modernity. It is named after its founder, Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932 – 1972). He found his themes in the traditional illustrations on village huts and at first he painted animals and village scenes using bicycle paint. His relations and friends also took to this art form and they organised themselves in the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society.
Grande Hotel
Ooit was het een megalomaan pronkstuk van het kolonialisme, tegenwoordig is het Grande Hotel in Beira, aan de kust van Mozambique, een ruïne. Tussen de kale betonnen muren – alles van waarde is eruit gesloopt en verkocht – wonen zo’n 3.500 mensen, die het zonder water en elektriciteit moeten redden. Een even schrijnende als beeldschone documentaire van Lotte Stoops.
Osagie Edomwandagbon
Uit de schilderijen en tekeningen van Osagie Edomwandagbon (Nigeria/Nederland) spreekt eenzelfde soort energie als uit de Vrijheidsschreeuw, het schilderij van Karel Appel dat als exemplarisch wordt beschouwd voor de COBRA beweging. Een haast kinderlijk enthousiasme om aan iets nieuws te beginnen en de beklemming van het verleden achter je te laten.
Tinga Tinga Arts Co-operative Society
Tinga Tinga sounds as it looks: colourful,cheerful, catchy and even cheeky. This exhibition displays the work of eleven artists from the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (Dar es Salaam/Tanzania). Each has his or her own individual style. Each piece is unique. Come and immerse yourself in the fasciniating world of Tinga Tinga.
Like Honey - Jon Eiselin
Tijdens zijn laatste bezoek aan zijn 'home town', Durban in Zuid-Afrika, bracht schilder Jon Eiselin de meeste tijd door aan de tropische zuidkust, waar hij geïnspireerd werd door de algemene levendigheid van de mensen, de overvloed van kleur, hitte, het scherpe zonlicht en water, de noodzakelijke en verschillende verschijningsvormen ervan.
Ndeupe - foto's van Judith Quax
Duizenden Senegalezen proberen in kleine vissersbootjes de oversteek te maken naar de Canarische Eilanden, in de hoop een beter bestaan op te kunnen bouwen. Quax volgde de illegale immigranten en hun achterblijvers die dmv een Ndeupe - ritueel - in contact proberen te komen met de geesten en zo hopen op een betere toekomst.
Fathi Hassan - Transformation
In his new works, Fathi Hassan (Egypt) continues his exploration of representational possibilities of language inspired by texts from the Arabic calligraphy, firmly rooted in a framework of references that reflect his Nubian heritage and willingness to embrace a continuum of cultural precedents and influences.
Heidi Sincuba - Vroeg ryp, vroeg vrot
Centraal in het werk van Heidi Sincuba (1982 Greytown, Zuid-Afrika) staan thema’s als identiteit, seksualiteit, religie, kolonialisme en het collectieve geheugen. Sincuba verwerkt in haar schilderijen en tekeningen voorbeelden uit de kunstgeschiedenis en beelden uit de massamedia. “Mijn werk wordt constant gevoed door het heden maar houdt niet op de spoken uit mijn verleden te onderzoeken,” aldus de kunstenares.
David Kigozi - recent works from Human Series
In the paintings of Kigozi (Uganda) birds, livestock and children often play a central role in the composition, based on the challenges of life. Kigozi opts for these themes in his subject because they rejuvenate his childhood memories of day to day life, his parents were small scale farmers.
Focus11 - Contemporary Art Africa
Visitors of FOCUS11 will experience a huge variety of artistic production from the diverse scenes all over the African continent and from the African Diaspora. Conceived as a complement to Art Basel (June 15-19, 2011), FOCUS11 showcases a huge variety of artists and galleries. This year's accompanying programme starts with a symposium and ranges from performances to artist talks to workshops and guided tours.
Focus11
Michael MacGarry
Previous Standard Bank Young Artist award winner Michael MacGarry presents a solo show of a comprehensive body of new work, including small and large-scale sculpture, photography and video. The works manifest MacGarry's ongoing concern with contemporary sociopolitical and economic life in several key African countries, along with broader conjecture as to future projections and fictions on the continent as a whole.
Stefanus Rademeyer- Resonant Structures
In his first solo exhibition at Goodman Gallery Cape Stefanus Rademeyer expands on his interdisciplinary approach to art-making; intersecting the seemingly unlikely fields of art and mathematics. Rademeyer has developed algorithms that describe the inherent form of various natural structures which are then translated into visual images using digital processes.
Zwelethu Mthethwa - photographs
New photographic work by Zwelethu Mthethwa. The Brave Ones is a series of portraits – often, group portraits – of young men from the Shembe Church group during their annual pilgrimage to the sacred mountain of Nhlangakazi in KwaZulu Natal. The End of an Era, an exercise in 'still life' photography, is set in Johannesburg’s hostels for migrant male labourers.
Berni Searle: Shimmer
Shimmer is an exhibition of new and recent work by Berni Searle. Included in the exhibition is Interlaced, a major three-screen video installation. The piece presents a site-specific engagement with Bruges, Belgium, one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe.
Khaira Arby - Desert Blues uit Timbuktu
De stem van Khaira Arby is een krachtig, loepzuiver instrument waarmee zij emoties losmaakt die onafhankelijk zijn van taal en cultuur. De musici rondom de Malinese zangeres mengen eeuwenoude melodieën en ritmes met wringende elektrische gitaren en soepele drums.
From Africa with Love - Contemporary Design from South Africa
A selection of interior design pieces of some of today's most talented designers in South Africa. Beautiful and original handmade lighting and furniture, home and kitchen textiles, one-off ceramics, ladies shoes and other home accessories that will make you go 'wow' and smile.
Cityscapes ViceVersa
Het uitgangspunt: verblijf in de stad. Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi (Zuid-Afrika) is geïntrigeerd door de fietsende Amsterdammers tijdens zijn residency. Fally Sene Sow (Senegal) put uit beelden van de drukke markt in Dakar. Henny Verbeek verbleef regelmatig voor langere tijd in Ghana en Mali. Heidi Sincuba (Zuid-Afrika) neemt de hedendaagse Zuid-Afrikaanse stad als vertrekpunt.
8th African Film Festival Of Tarifa (FCAT)
The best cinema production of the neighboring continent together with many parallel activities, meetings, round tables, expositions, concerts and events, which makes from FCAT the indispensable gathering for all who love African cinema and who together with us believe, that the cinema can be an extraordinary tool for development and education.
Abstract South African Art: Revisited
The move towards Modernist Abstraction in South African art since the early 1950s is one of the most important post-war developments which introduced new trends and significant changes in the character of local art production. The aim of the exhibition is to revisit and re-evaluate abstract art produced during the 1950s and late 1990s.
The People's Painter - Vladimir Tretchikoff
While Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006) is undoubtedly one of South Africa's most controversial artists, much maligned in the 1960s and onwards by several members of the established arts community, there can be no doubt that he has become a cultural icon and remains a favourite artist to many South Africans. Despite this, there has been almost no serious assessment of Tretchikoffs legacy.
The Indian in DRUM Magazine in the 1950s
Photos from the DRUM magazine archives from the 1950s. These photos, mainly from Durban, give glimpses of an' Indian' underworlds, shantytowns, bohemian jazz clubs and movie houses, cosmopolitan political activists, masculine identities and notions of modern 'Indian' women.
The Duality Of Remembering And Forgetting - Corlie de Kock, Sandra Hanekom and Madelein Marincowitz
The three artists all create art pieces in a lyrical and detailed manner. Artworks that imbue the mundane and commonplace with a sense of imaginative significance. The common thread woven through each of these artists work is the compulsive and obsessive fastidiousness in which they create detailed images.
Ghost Towns & At Home - Sabelo Mlangeni
At Home focuses on rural areas where breadwinners have migrated away in search of work, leaving behind the young and the old. For those 'left behind at home', life is slow and seemingly empty. The Ghost Towns series depicts small South African towns that have been abandoned and forgotten.
Santu Mofokeng, Chasing Shadows - 30 years of photographic essays
The photographic essays Santu Mofokeng composed over the years, some of which are a life-long work in progress, range from the Soweto of his youth, from his investigations of life on the farms, the everyday life of the township and in particular, representations of the self and family histories of black South Africans, to images from the artist’s ongoing exploration of religious rituals and of typologies of landscapes.
Substantial African Participation at 54th Biennal
This year the Venice Biennal has national participations from the DR Congo, Egypt, South Africa and Zimbabwe, while Mohamed Bourouissa (Algeria), Latífa Echakhch (Morocco) and David Goldblatt and Nicholas Hlobo (South Africa) have been selected for the main exhibiition, Illuminations.
Appropriated Landscapes - 14 artists
Mainly artists from Southern Africa. Explores landscape typologies in South Africa, Namibia, Angola, and Mozambique. The concept of landscape here is not linked to historical notions of the picturesque and the sublime. Instead, the exhibition considers landscape as a prism of experience, a reflection of ideology, and a stage for the performance and perception of identity.
Ranjith Kally: Through the lens of Durban's veteran photographer
Many Durbanites have known Ranjith Kally's work from the social pages of local newspapers for decades, but this 85 year old photographer received scant recognition before his first solo exhibition, which opened in Johannesburg in 2004. The exhibition is an acknowledgement of Kally's work since 1945.
Interlaced - Berni Searle
Not directly confrontational, Searle often uses her own body in performative video works. She explores aspects of her heritage and the way in which this intersects with gender, history and memory in order to question the notion of identity and to examine the residual effects of colonialism and apartheid as well as ideas relating to migration, nationalism and xenophobia in various contexts.
Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from 3 Continents
Works featured in this installation are highly creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask. Among them are sculptural assemblages made of incongruous combinations of discarded materials by two contemporary artists from the Republic of Benin, Romuald Hazoumé (b. 1962) and Calixte Dakpogan (b. 1958).
Photography: New Documentary Forms - Guy Tillim
Explores the ways in which five contemporary artists have used the camera to explore, extend and question the power of photography as a documentary medium. Includes work by Luc Delahaye, Mitch Epstein, Guy Tillim (South Africa) and Akram Zaatari, as well as two important earlier works by Boris Mikhailov.
