Donderdag 21 Augustus 2014

House of Lineo brings to Edinburgh a modern day African village filled with functional arts and crafts in decor and fashion retail. Depicting the rich culture of the African people from Mpumalanga, a land of the rising sun. In collaboration with Hand in Hand, a high-end craft producer dedicated to the promotion of the beautiful crafts made by rural women in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

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The first exhibition to focus on the art of Ife, an ancient city in modern day Nigeria. The artists of Ife made sculptures from metal, stone and terracotta that have placed the region on the map in terms of world art history. The exhibition displays some of the world's most sophisticated historical art works – more than 100 sculptures of metal, stone and terracotta from the 12th to 16th centuries tell the story of the African civilisation of Ife, ancestors of the Yoruba, one of the largest ethnic groups of modern day Nigeria. The exhibition has previously been on view in the USA, Great Britain and Spain.

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In deze tentoonstelling nemen we u mee naar Ganvié, een vissersdorp aan de zuidkust van het West-Afrikaanse land Benin. Kenmerkend voor het dorp zijn de woningen op palen, zwevend boven het water van een lagune, het meer van Nokoué. Fotografe Angèle Etoundi Essamba (Cameroun) bezocht Ganvié de afgelopen jaren meerdere keren, ging in gesprek met de vrouwen en volgde hen in het ritme van hun dagelijks leven, waarin water zo’n cruciale rol speelt. Want terwijl de bewoners, de Toffinou, volledig omringd worden door water, is drinkwater schaars. De vrouwen spelen een belangrijke rol in het watermanagement, beheren de grote vaten met drinkwater en zijn uiterst zuinig in het gebruik ervan.

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Starting point of the exhibition is the general consensus among art historians today that in the so-called primitive societies individual masters created unique works of the highest quality. Approximately 180 masks, figures and everyday objects from Ivory Coast and neighbouring countries, created by exceptionally talented artists working in a wide range of fields, sheds new light on the role of the artist in African society. The exhibition sets out to place these outstanding works in an art historical context that is comparable to that of our great masters, from Michelangelo to Picasso.

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Moshekwa Langa’s work was shown in the late nineties – now he is present with his site-specific work The Jealous Lover. Moshekwa Langa (*1975 in Bakenberg/Southafrica) is just as familiar with European culture, and particularly literature, as he is with the visual culture of South Africa. He combines and weaves together diverse European and African themes, motifs and elements, creating installations, works on paper, photographs and videos that form a new assemblage. He often uses ordinary materials like strings, watercolors, found items, tape, thread reels and threads. It is precisely that these threads tell (hi)stories. They connect different objects, thoughts, associations; with his threads Langa weaves a visual and often also linguistic net of political experiences and personal memories – between Apartheid and exile.

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De Noorderlicht Fotogalerie belicht deze zomer met Haute Africa de zonnige zijde van het Afrikaanse continent. Van 5 juli tot en met 31 augustus tonen zeven fotografen een ander Afrika: een continent dat nog steeds de verbeelding tart en een plek waar creativiteit welvaart kan brengen. Deze bloeiende Afrikaanse crea tiviteit vindt geen betere uitdrukking dan in de mode. Met Phyllis Galembo (US), Héctor Mediavilla (ES), Jim Naughten (GB), Jehad Nga (US), Sabelo Mlangeni (ZA), Daniele Tamagni (IT) en Nontsikelelo Veleko (ZA)

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In celebration of South Africa’s 20 Years of Democracy, the South African Embassy in The Hague and members of the former Dutch anti-apartheid movements have put together an exhibition celebrating the role that was played by the Netherlands in bringing about a democracy in South Africa. The exhibition deals with the Dutch contribution to the struggle against apartheid and was commissioned by both the South African Embassy in The Netherlands and the Dutch Embassy in South Africa and produced with support of the International Institute of Social History (IISH).

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Olga Dengo zet de kijker ook op het verkeerde been door te spelen met zijn verwachtingspatronen. Ze doet dat door de grenzen tussen Westerse & Niet-Westerse kunst te slechten. Door elementen uit de Westerse cultuur te vermengen met de Afrikaanse cultuur. Zie ook het artikel op d'afrique. Dit is de derde expositie van Olga Dengo bij Galerie 23.

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Tyler Dolan is a South African photographer specializing in hyper realism and editorial styled photographs often resulting in colourful and energetic imagery. His ‘Walking The Streets’ project is about documenting the various traditions and cultures that reside on the streets of Durban, South Africa. In 2012 he exhibited his photographs at the Afrovibes Festival. In 2013 he worked together with Amsterdam based artist Kitchell Samuel and made a series 'Walking the Streets of Amsterdam', The exhibition with photographs from 2012 and 2013, organized in cooperation with the Afrovibes Foundation, can be seen in the corridors on the 3rd floor and in the ASC library (ground floor). They are for sale (prices between 50 and 200 euros).

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