Donderdag 22 Augustus 2013
Josiah Onemu - Beelden van een bruggenbouwer
Beeldhouwer en kunstenaar Josiah Onodome Onemu (1945) is afkomstig uit Nigeria. Hij woont en werkt al tientallen jaren in Nederland. Deze expositie toont een overzicht van zijn brede oeuvre, waarvan een deel in beheer is van het Afrika Museum en een deel bestaat uit de privé-collectie van de kunstenaar. Vruchtbaarheid, het samenspel van tegendelen, lijden en wanhoop, hoop en beloftes, verandering en afscheid – de grote thema’s van het leven worden in het werk van Josiah Onemu nu eens sober, tot de essentie gereduceerd, dan weer verhalend in beeld gebracht. Hoe verschillend de uitwerking ook kan zijn, het onderwerp heeft altijd betrekking op mens en maatschappij.
Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa
First major exhibition to examine the conceptually complex and visually rich relationship between African artists and the land upon which they live, walk, and frame their days. Approximately 100 artworks are on view in five thematic sections. For the first time, five artists create land-art installations in the Smithsonian gardens. Drawing upon a rich literature related to Earth shrines and religious organizations, this exhibition also contributes new and ground-breaking research on contemporary earthworks in Africa.
Ibrahim El Salahi - A Visionary Modernist
El Salahi’s body of work is not bound within one style nor is it constrained by the early parameters of Sudanese aesthetic practices. His paintings combine a critical understanding of western art principles with references to Sudanese and Islamic art forms; his trademark linear style remains a preeminent unifying device expressing the intuitive merging of Islamic spirituality with critical social consciousness.
Art-Zuid 2013 - grote Afrikaanse inbreng
In de derde editie van de inmiddels befaamde tweejaarlijkse beeldenroute in Amsterdam-Zuid spelen Afrikaanse kunstenaars een grote rol: Kader Attia (Algerije), Romuald Hazoumè en Dominique Zinkpe (Benin), Mickaël Bethe-Selassié (Ethiopië), Kofi Setordji, El Anatsui en Atta Kwami (Ghana), Jems Robert Koko Bi (Ivoorkust), Pascale Marthine Tayou (Kameroen), Abdoulaye Konaté (Mali), Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria), Oumou Sy (Senegal)
My Joburg - exhibition
Johannesburg is a megapolis with a population of more than 6 million. It is heterogeneous, composed of trendy areas, residential neighborhoods, townships… A productive artistic community has developed there, with a number of photographers as well as painters, sculptors, performing artists and video-artists. This exhibition looks at the art scene in a city where history has been on the march since the abolition of apartheid and the first democratic elections in 1994.
SUMMER @SANAA
Geniet deze zomer van de diversiteit aan hedendaagse kunst uit Afrika en Nederland. We hebben een prachtige selectie samengesteld uit de exposities van het afgelopen jaar. We sluiten af met de finissage op zaterdag 24 augsutus, 16-18u: van harte welkom! Met onder andere: Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (Benin), Myriam Mihindou (Gabon/Frankrijk), Uche Okpa Iroha (Nigeria), Victor Ekpuk (Nigeria/VS), Isabel Ferrand (Nederland/Portugal), Adriaan de Villiers (Zuid-Afrika), Esther Mahlangu (Zuid-Afrika)
Meschac Gaba: Museum of Contemporary African Art
The Benin artist Meschac Gaba first conceived the Museum of Contemporary African Art during his 1996–7 residency at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. He describes finding ‘another reality’ when visiting museums in Europe, a reality in which he could not imagine how the art he wanted to create could be integrated: ‘I needed a space for my work, because this did not exist.’
first NL solo exhibition of Tanzanian artist Mikidadi Bush (painter and sculptor)
Since 2000 he has become one of the artists of Sarenco Foundation, which has invited him to expose in various exhibitions in Kenya and Italy. He has taken part to 4 editions of Malindi Biennial; on the occasion of the 2nd edition in 2008, he has been awarded with the special jury prize. Recently he has exhibited in the prestigious shows "Transafricana" (2011 and "Africana" (2013, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva.
redstampartgallery
Lines, Marks, and Drawings: Through the Lens of Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen (b. 1950) has been shooting black-and-white film for nearly a half-century. A New York native, he has lived in South Africa for more than thirty years. Ballen's photographs of rural Afrikaners in their homes and urban-based "outsiders" in windowless rooms quickly became distinguished for their interior arrangements and the events that transpired among the people, animals, and furnishings within. Ballen's interest in line-whether of coat hangers, electric wire, or marks made on walls-has been constant.
