Donderdag 28 Juni 2012

Uche Okpa Iroha (Nigeria) legt in series foto’s de actuele situatie vast in zijn continent. Toch zijn het geen documentaire foto’s - de val van het licht, de extra aangebrachte kleurlaag tilt ze uit boven de dagelijkse realiteit en maakt ze tot kunst. In 2005 begonnen met fotografie wil hij met zijn werk verhalen vertellen over Afrika. Nu studeert hij 2 jaar in Nederland aan de Rijksacademie, om daarna in Nigeria zijn eigen platform te creëren.

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Rudzani Matshili, voor wie recent een crowdfundingaktie werd gestart, heeft al heel wat foto’s gemaakt. ‘Ze zijn allemaal goedgekeurd door Pulitzer Prize-winnaar Greg Marinovich' zegt initiatiefnemer van de aktie Egor Gorshkov. Een deel van de foto’s is nu te zien in de Amsterdamse fotogalerie Qlick Editions. Mensen die hebben gestort ontvangen een persoonlijk door de fotografe gesigneerde foto in beperkte oplage. De expositie in Qlick Editions wordt op 7 juni geopend.

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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.

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In juli 2012 sluit het museum voor een grondige renovatie. Deze tentoonstelling biedt de bezoeker een uniek kijkje achter de schermen. In een parcours met 30 stops wordt antwoord gegeven op uiteenlopende vragen, zoals wat doet een indiaan nu in een museum over Afrika? De stops presenteren markante feiten uit de geschiedenis van het museum en werpt tevens een licht op de toekomstplannen.

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Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

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Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

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Goddelijk en Griezelig is een interculturele tentoonstelling over het oudste dierensymbool ter wereld: de slang. De tentoonstelling laat in de vorm van oude en moderne kunst uit de hele wereld zien dat de slang vanaf de prehistorie tot op de dag van vandaag in alle culturen een bijzondere betekenis heeft.

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Drawings as understood and defined by a select group of important contemporary artists. The discipline has expanded and evolved over the past two decades and currently includes several creative forms of expression that were previously not defined as drawing. The exhibition’s name, 'Prism', evokes a tool that enables a variety of approaches, akin to how a glass prism disperses light into a multicoloured spectrum. Participating in the exhibition are African artists Ghada Amer (Egypt), Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (Ivory Coast), William Kentridge and Robin Rhode (both South Africa).

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Op deze gezamenlijk tentoonstelling van de Stichting Den Haag Sculptuur en het Museum Beelden aan Zee is de ontwikkeling te zien van de Zuid-Afrikaanse beeldhouwkunst in de afgelopen zestig jaar. Van de dagen van de Apartheid via de bereikte vrijheid in 1994 - de eerste verkiezingen voor alle rassen - tot de huidige periode van transformatie. De beelden reflecteren die politieke en maatschappelijke omwenteling.

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Op deze gezamenlijk tentoonstelling van de Stichting Den Haag Sculptuur en het Museum Beelden aan Zee is de ontwikkeling te zien van de Zuid-Afrikaanse beeldhouwkunst in de afgelopen zestig jaar. Van de dagen van de Apartheid via de bereikte vrijheid in 1994 - de eerste verkiezingen voor alle rassen - tot de huidige periode van transformatie. De beelden reflecteren die politieke en maatschappelijke omwenteling.

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Iziko Museums in collaboration with the Campbell Collections of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, proudly presents Iqholo le Afrika (Her African Pride): A Centenary Celebration of the Life and Work of Barbara Tyrrell. An event marking her 100th birthday on 15 March 2012 will launch the exhibition which opens to the public the following day. A selection of over 150 of her highly decorative and accurate visual recordings of southern African costume a.o. will be exhibited.

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The centrepiece of this exhibition is the large-scale sculpture Faro RLV 3-10, an unmanned field artillery cannon (Remote Land Vehicle) of the Nigerian Federal Army in the year 2052, conceived, designed and manufactured by the artist, principally in mild steel. Informing the work is the idea that, in all probability, the United States will in our lifetime engage in military activities against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under the rubric of ensuring security, peace and stability in the country and the region.

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We Face Forward, Art from West Africa Today is a city-wide exhibition of contemporary art from the region, and the first major collaboration between Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery and The Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall. It will feature painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, video and sound work from a wide range of internationally acclaimed artists,

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Unlimited Global Alchemy is led by artist Rachel Gadsden (UK) with the Bambanani artist-activist group from South Africa. Fuelled by the politics and myths surrounding chronic health conditions and in particular HIV / AIDS, fragility, resilience and survival against the odds are at the heart of this poignant collaboration.

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The theme for International Museum Day 2012 is Museums in a Changing World. New challenges, New inspirations. This more is a recognition that institutions are faced with interpreting, and existing in a field that is becoming increasingly fluid. Each may face a unique set of goals, interests and audiences. Nothing is less true for the Rwesero Arts Museum, which will participate for the first time in this particular international event. May18th she will launch two big and two smaller shows, which make together an international arts exhibition on a scale she never had on display until now.

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Naast de tentoonstelling van de Surinaamse kunstenaar George Struikelblok is in de galerie ook de tentoonstelling Out of Africa te zien met intrigerende houten beelden van Abou Sidibé uit Mali/Burkina Faso en kleurrijke sculpturen  van papier-maché, gemaakt door de internationaal bekende kunstenaar Mickaël Bethe-Selassie (Ethiopië / Frankrijk).

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Coming of Age is a retrospective exhibition offering a unique opportunity to experience the talent and energy of the artists at Artist Proof Studio (APS) as well as other established artists who have supported the studio’s growth over the last 21 years. The exhibition will include the works of Philemon Hlungwane, Nelson Makamo, Lehlohonolo Mashaba, Lucas Nkweng, Kim Berman and many emerging talents. New releases of editions from collaborating artists include William Kentridge, Diane Victor, Wim Botha, Norman Catherine, Paul Edmunds, Gerhard Marx, Colbert Mashile, Chris Diedericks, Kudzanai Chiurai and others.

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This exhibition was created on the set of the soap opera Generations – the most watched television programme on the African continent. In Extra!, Candice Breitz inserts herself into a number of actual scenes from the series, resonating as a conspicuously white presence amongst an otherwise black cast. The resulting images are simultaneously thought provoking and uncomfortably amusing – raising questions about what it might mean to be white in the context of contemporary South Africa.

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A wide-ranging exploration of photography at a time when the medium is in the midst of a complicated but rich moment in its history and old assumptions are being challenged. The exhibits range from classic documentary to collaborative set pieces, with featured artists offering an international perspective on recent trends in photography. African pariticipants include Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou (Benin) and Mohau Modisakeng, Oliver Chanarin and Adam Broomberg and Mikhael Subotzky (South Africa).

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Warm colors, impressions of Africa as we imagine it when we talk about Africa. Warm, colorful, exotic nature and people. Taste this atmosphere during the exhibition Out of Africa… . The grand opening will be performed by the Consul General of Angola, musically framed by Ngoma drums on the Bakongo rhythms.The exhibited paintings are made by the Angolan Elizabeth Fatima da Costa Bondo alias Mayamba.

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Significant solo exhibition, showcasing new works by KZN artist, Louise Hall. Through a series of figurative images reflecting change, transition and impermanence, the exhibition explores the medium of drawing and its relationship to painting. Physical movement manifest in Hall’s earlier figurative work becomes more challenging and abstract.   In Fine Lines the artist grapples with images of transformation and journeying.  These works exploring literal and figurative travelling reflect the hope of transformation and the uncertainty of death.

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The humorous origins of this show lie in a suggestion by Kannemeyer's doctor that the artist no longer pay him in cash but give him art in exchange for his services. But whenever Kannemeyer put forward a work in payment, the doctor had to 'run it by his wife' who invariably thought the piece was inappropriate for their home. When Kannemeyer's dentist made the same suggestion, the artist decided it was time for an exhibition of works that 'doctors and dentists' might actually want to hang in their houses.

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Humans generally have a twisted, almost irreverent, understanding of female genitalia. We tend to view it as a purely sensual and sexual part of the body, rather than embrace its reproductive nature. Women are often blighted by a heavily patriarchal definition of their own sexuality, which has been tainted with ideas of shame, dirtiness and secrecy, and which attempts to negate the vagina’s existence, rather than embracing its centrality to human life and its inherent beauty.

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New sculpture, installation, photography and video. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the large-scale sculpture Faro RLV 3-10, an unmanned field artillery cannon (Remote Land Vehicle) of the Nigerian Federal Army in the year 2052, conceived, designed and manufactured by the artist, principally in mild steel. Another key sculpture is Iceman, made in plastic resin from the body cast of a heavyweight bodybuilder; the head and face, however, are those of the artist. The installation La Maison d'une Artiste is a future projection - embodying in equal parts lyrical humour and masculine critique - of the central narrative of Edmond de Goncourt's 1881 book of the same name.

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Foto's van Mario Marino, Oostenrijk. De kunstenaar reisde voor de serie Faces of Africa naar het zuiden van Ethiopië, waar hij verschillende bevolkingsgroepen fotografeerde in hun oorspronkelijke habitat. Uitgerust met niet meer dan zijn camera en een opvouwbaar achtergrondscherm, struinde hij markten en pleinen af in het rivierdal van de Omo in het zuiden van Ethiopië om zeven verschillende stammen te fotograferen in hun dagelijkse voorkomens.

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Deze expositie laat kunstenaar Diagne Chanel in al haar facetten zien. Naast schilder, beeldhouwer, installatiekunstenaar is zij jarenlang zeer actief geweest als activiste tegen de genocide in Zuid-Sudan. Op zondag 17 juni om 16:00 wordt de expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaar geopend door Heidi Lobato, directeur bij het Africa in the Picture film festival.

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For her first solo exhibition in the United States, South African artist Goodman combines works made in New York during her recent residency at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) with older pieces that embody her expansive art career. This exhibition reflects Goodman’s interest in wordplay and humor through text. 'Touched' has multiple meanings: to be physically modified, to be emotionally affected and being participants in the various artworks.

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Er worden batiks en schilderijen tentoongesteld van Paulin Zoffoun, ook wel Pauzo genoemd. Zijn kunst wordt bevolkt door tekens en verwijzingen naar de oude cultuur van Benin waar Pauzo's wortels liggen. Op de expositie wordt uitgebreid uitleg gegeven over de inhoud van de doeken.

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An Overview of Thirty Years of Photographic Essays by Santu Mofokeng. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential African photographers living today. His work has been presented worldwide, yet has never been subject of thorough research. Together with the artist, curator Corinne Diserens delved deep into the artist’s archives and selected more than 200 images from the last thirty years.

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Bamako Encounters is een tentoonstelling die met 281 foto’s en 10 video’s een volledig pan-Afrikaanse selectie beslaat. Onder de noemer Voor een duurzame wereld laat de tentoonstelling de huidige toestand van het leefmilieu op het Afrikaanse continent zien. Met hun poëtische blik nodigen de kunstenaars de kijker uit om de wereld te herdenken.

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Dit is een selectie van het werk van 20 hedendaagse kunstenaars uit Zuid Afrika die in de afgelopen jaren in de Thami Mnyele Foundation  "Artist-in-Residence" hebben gewerkt. Twintig jaar geleden inspireerde de Zuid-Afrikaanse verzetsstrijder en kunstenaar Thami Mnyele een groep Amsterdamse kunstenaars tot het oprichten van een programma, waardoor kunstenaars uit het hele continent van Afrika en haar diaspora de mogelijkheid kregen om drie maanden in Amsterdam te wonen en te werken. Zijne Excellentie Mr. Peter Goosen, Ambassadeur van de Republiek Zuid-Afrika, zal zaterdag 30 juni om 16.30 uur de opening van de tentoonstelling verrichten.

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Richard Long and Willem Boshoff work in distinctly different visual languages, however their central context and inspiration is synonymous - nature and the nature of things. The exhibitions reveal how the artists uniquely engage with the natural and social world. In 1967 Long started his walk-works, initially repeating the organic, impermanent act of walking in a single line until a trail was made. Boshoff combines his fascination with words and language with an astute awareness of the natural world and socio-political discourses.

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Group exhibition exploring the relationship between painting and photography. The exhibition is intended to stimulate further debate around the two mediums’ status of representation and value. Spanning from painting that draws on photographic tropes such as blur, pixilation or hyperrealism, through to photographs that directly reference traditional painting subjects or task themselves with exploring the subconscious, SeeingEye offers moments of overlap.

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20 photographic portraits of traditional Yoruba chief priests and priestesses who are considered to be human representatives of the Yoruba Orisha. Directly translating to ‘owners of heads’, the Orisha are thought of as mediators between man and the supernatural. Adolphus Opara photographs his subjects within their individual contexts, surrounded by their religious regalia. By doing so he imbues them with a sense of dignity and offers an interesting counter to the West’s, often skewed, portrayals of African religion.

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Frank and sumptuous portraits of urbanised, engaged Afrikaners who present a challenge to preconceived ideas about Afrikaner identity and values. These ‘new’ Afrikaners negotiate their lives as a minority group in South Africa. Their connection to each other—by kin, marriage, friendship or shared beliefs, preferences and tastes—suggests a cohesion very different from the forced identity of the apartheid years. Van Wyk chose his subjects for their often extraordinary lives that demonstrate a multi-layered and richly varied Afrikaner identity.

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