Agenda 25 - 31 Mei 2014
Zondag 25 Mei
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Kristian Bezuidenhout (ZA) & Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw: Mozartprogramma
Kristian Bezuidenhout, is een Australische fortepianospeler, klavecinist en pianist van Zuid-Afrikaanse afkomst, die thans in Londen woont. Deze topmusicius heeft een dubbelrol: hij maakt zijn debuut als muzikaal leider van het Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw en vertolkt tevens de solopartijen in de pianoconcerten nr. 11 in F en nr. 22 in Es. Hij neemt voor dit concert zijn eigen fortepiano mee. Dat de chemie tussen Kristian Bezuidenhout en het Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw groot is, bleek al in februari van dit jaar tijdens de succesvolle Beethoven Driedaagse in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. “Fortepianospeler Kristian Bezuidenhout is in topvorm.”, aldus de Volkskrant.
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Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
Haarlem-Mutare Challenge Run
Zondag 25 Mei 2014 12:00
De Stichting Stedenband Haarlem-Mutare organiseert een hardloopwedstrijd op het prachtige terrein van de Haarlemsche Jachtclub. De afstand van het parcours is 8395 meter. Dit is gebaseerd op de afstand hemelsbreed tussen Haarlem en Mutare. Het bijzondere van dit evenement is dat exact op hetzelfde tijdstip in onze Afrikaanse zusterstad Mutare ook de Challenge Run zal plaatsvinden, met dezelfde lengte. In Mutare vindt de wedstrijd plaats op de nationale feestdag African Day. Met de opbrengst helpen wij een geweldig doel: 100 faces, 100 gezondheidswerkers, voorlichters en sportbuurtwerkers in Mutare.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Maandag 26 Mei
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
promotie: Safety and afficacy of iron interventions in African pregant women
PhD Defence Martin Mwangi - "Safety and afficacy of iron interventions in African pregant women". Organisation: Cell Biology and Immunology. Iron supplementation during pregnancy leads to tremendous benefits for new-born children. This was the key conclusion of a randomised placebo-controlled trial that was undertaken in rural Kenya, and may be the key to improving neonatal survival in developing countries
ASC Seminar: ‘A Criminal Investigation, Not a Political Analysis?'
Maandag 26 Mei 2014 15:30
How the ICC Issue Sabotaged Democracy in the 2013 Kenyan Election. Tom Wolf, Public Affairs IPSOS-Kenya. In the aftermath of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, Kenyans and the country’s main international partners were determined to undertake the reforms needed to ensure that such a tragedy/crisis would never be repeated. With the finalization of its content and then the implementation of a new Constitution, these reforms included a complete overhaul of the country’s electoral management body and the ‘holding to account’ of those seen as most responsible for the earlier violence. Although a new election commission was in place by 2009 and the following (March 2013) election was largely peaceful, pursuing an agenda of accountability produced the opposite result to that intended.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Dinsdag 27 Mei
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
Leeskring Zuid-Afrikahuis: Klimtol van Etienne van Heerden
Dinsdag 27 Mei 2014 19:00
Gastheer deze avond is Rob van der Veer. Hij behandelt bovenstaande titel van Etienne van Heerden. Klimtol is het Afrikaanse woord voor jojo. Het kalme bestaan van jojo-kampioen Ludo Loeloeraai in Paternoster wordt overhoop gehaald als zijn verleden boven water begint te komen. En terwijl de rust in de kleine gemeenschap al is verstoord door de aanwezigheid van de ongrijpbare Snaartjie Windvogel, leidt de ontdekking van een gruwelijke moord tot heftige beroering. Aanmelden: 020-6249318 of bibliotheek@zuidafrikahuis.nl
Europese zonen - Afrikaanse vaders: Andrew Makkinga in gesprek met Johannes Anyuru
Dinsdag 27 Mei 2014 20:30
Wat betekent de Afrikaanse achtergrond voor een jongere generatie die in Europa is opgegroeid? Hoe staan zij tegenover de emigratie van hun ouders naar Europa? Andrew Makkinga gaat in gesprek met de Zweedse schrijver, dichter en rapliefhebber Johannes Anyuru die een schitterende roman schreef over zijn Afrikaanse vader. Makkinga en Anyuru zijn beiden geboren in Oeganda. Een avond van Writers Unlimited i.s.m World Editions, in het kader van het The Hague African Festival. Voertaal is Engels. Na afloop signeert Johannes Anyuru zijn boek Een storm kwam uit het paradijs.
Tabu - speelfilm
Dinsdag 27 Mei 2014 20:30
Rijke, allegorische zwart-witfilm over het moderne Portugal en zijn koloniale verleden, vernoemd naar de gelijknamige zwijgende film van F.W. Murnau uit 1931. Over de onmogelijke liefde tussen de getrouwde Aurora en avonturier Ventura in het Mozambique van begin jaren zestig. Voorafgegaan door de laatste dagen van de oude Aurora in het tegenwoordige Lissabon.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Woensdag 28 Mei
9th eLearning Africa conference
The largest annual assembly of eLearning & education professionals from Africa and beyond. eLearning Africa continues to build & expand a worldwide network for people involved in all aspects of technology-enhanced education & training in Africa.
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Dichter bij Afrika - expo
In september 2013 ging Kwasa Kwasa vzw van start met een poëtisch project “Dichter bij Afrika”. Kwasa Kwasa vroeg dichters uit verschillende regio’s (Malawi, Gent, Vlaanderen en andere Afrikaanse landen) om een gedicht te schrijven over hun relatie met Afrika en/of Noord-Zuidrelaties en/of Malawi. Via poëzie willen we mensen dichter bij Afrika brengen of bij een bepaald aspect van een Afrikaans land of een bepaalde culturele gewoonte uit dat Afrikaans land. De gedichten worden tussen 28 mei en 25 juni op originele wijze gepresenteerd in het café van De Centrale.
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
Banbankuné is wereldmuziek
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 14:30
Banbankuné is wereldmuziek op z’n best! Een verrassende mix van mysterieuze klanken uit allerlei windstreken. Banbankuné betekent: neem het mee, neem mee wat je leuk vindt!
Roël erft van zijn oma een geheimzinnige kist. Oma heeft de hele wereld rond gereisd en van al die reizen héél veel herinneringen in de kist bewaard. Niemand weet precies wat er in de kist zit. Drumdrumdrum.nl maakt met Banbankuné een muzikale reis van Australië en Afrika naar Curaçao om daar kennis te maken met de populaire 'muzik di zimbi'. Om tenslotte te eindigen met een uitbundige muzikale workshop voor iedereen.
ASC Seminar: Making Room for Islam in the West: Senegalese Muslims in Europe and North America
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 15:30
Cheikh Anta Babou, University of Pennsylvania. Significant international migration from Islamic West Africa to Europe and North America began in the aftermath of World War II with a loosening of the laws that constrained the mobility of French imperial subjects and accelerated between the 1960s and 1990s. West African Muslims have been particularly successful in making room for Islam in the Western world. This seminar will investigate this process of space making and the ways in which Africans from the former French colonies in West Africa, especially Senegal, have been able to negotiate their inclusion in the Western public sphere at a time of increasing tensions with Islam.
Jack Parow (Zuid-Afrika) in concert
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 19:30
t/m Zondag 01 Juni 2014
De Zuid-Afrikaanse rapper en opvallende verschijning Jack Parow zette de Melkweg al meerdere keren helemaal op zijn kop! Met zijn gigantische pet en extravagante outfits brengt hij zijn coole raps in het Afrikaans, wat best wel goed verstaanbaar is. Vroeger deed hij dit samen met acts als Die Antwoord en Fokofpolisiekar, nu al een aantal jaar solo. In 2014 brengt hij een nieuw album uit, waar hij zich meer van zijn romantische kant zal laten zien. We zijn heel erg benieuwd waar deze supercoole en grappige creatieveling nu weer mee gaat komen.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Donderdag 29 Mei
9th eLearning Africa conference
The largest annual assembly of eLearning & education professionals from Africa and beyond. eLearning Africa continues to build & expand a worldwide network for people involved in all aspects of technology-enhanced education & training in Africa.
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Dichter bij Afrika - expo
In september 2013 ging Kwasa Kwasa vzw van start met een poëtisch project “Dichter bij Afrika”. Kwasa Kwasa vroeg dichters uit verschillende regio’s (Malawi, Gent, Vlaanderen en andere Afrikaanse landen) om een gedicht te schrijven over hun relatie met Afrika en/of Noord-Zuidrelaties en/of Malawi. Via poëzie willen we mensen dichter bij Afrika brengen of bij een bepaald aspect van een Afrikaans land of een bepaalde culturele gewoonte uit dat Afrikaans land. De gedichten worden tussen 28 mei en 25 juni op originele wijze gepresenteerd in het café van De Centrale.
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
AYP Apéritif (Den Haag)
Donderdag 29 Mei 2014 17:30 - 21:00
Would you like to exchange ideas with other AYP members after work or classes? You are more than welcome to join us at our AYP Apéritif, the network drink!
Jack Parow (Zuid-Afrika) in concert
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 19:30
t/m Zondag 01 Juni 2014
De Zuid-Afrikaanse rapper en opvallende verschijning Jack Parow zette de Melkweg al meerdere keren helemaal op zijn kop! Met zijn gigantische pet en extravagante outfits brengt hij zijn coole raps in het Afrikaans, wat best wel goed verstaanbaar is. Vroeger deed hij dit samen met acts als Die Antwoord en Fokofpolisiekar, nu al een aantal jaar solo. In 2014 brengt hij een nieuw album uit, waar hij zich meer van zijn romantische kant zal laten zien. We zijn heel erg benieuwd waar deze supercoole en grappige creatieveling nu weer mee gaat komen.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Vrijdag 30 Mei
9th eLearning Africa conference
The largest annual assembly of eLearning & education professionals from Africa and beyond. eLearning Africa continues to build & expand a worldwide network for people involved in all aspects of technology-enhanced education & training in Africa.
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Dichter bij Afrika - expo
In september 2013 ging Kwasa Kwasa vzw van start met een poëtisch project “Dichter bij Afrika”. Kwasa Kwasa vroeg dichters uit verschillende regio’s (Malawi, Gent, Vlaanderen en andere Afrikaanse landen) om een gedicht te schrijven over hun relatie met Afrika en/of Noord-Zuidrelaties en/of Malawi. Via poëzie willen we mensen dichter bij Afrika brengen of bij een bepaald aspect van een Afrikaans land of een bepaalde culturele gewoonte uit dat Afrikaans land. De gedichten worden tussen 28 mei en 25 juni op originele wijze gepresenteerd in het café van De Centrale.
Dutch tour Soul’Afrique - Paul van Kemenade – Feya Faku – Sydney Mnisi – Louis Mhlanga & Band
Since 1994, South Africa and Paul Van Kemenade have a warm relationship. In that year, Van Kemenade”s quintet toured South Africa for 7 weeks, where they met great South African musicians and played with them. Now in the project ‘SOUL ‘AFRIQUE’ they meet again, playing compositions of each other. A spectacular collaboration again between the outstanding renowned South African trumpeter Fezile ‘Feya’ Faku, tenorist Sydney Mnisi, guitarist/vocalist Louis Mhlanga and the the quintet of altosaxophonist/composer Paul van Kemenade (Dutch Boy Edgar award).
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
Jack Parow (Zuid-Afrika) in concert
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 19:30
t/m Zondag 01 Juni 2014
De Zuid-Afrikaanse rapper en opvallende verschijning Jack Parow zette de Melkweg al meerdere keren helemaal op zijn kop! Met zijn gigantische pet en extravagante outfits brengt hij zijn coole raps in het Afrikaans, wat best wel goed verstaanbaar is. Vroeger deed hij dit samen met acts als Die Antwoord en Fokofpolisiekar, nu al een aantal jaar solo. In 2014 brengt hij een nieuw album uit, waar hij zich meer van zijn romantische kant zal laten zien. We zijn heel erg benieuwd waar deze supercoole en grappige creatieveling nu weer mee gaat komen.
Soukous van Kuni Kids op Rollende Keukens Festival
Vrijdag 30 Mei 2014 20:00
Neem een ijskoud Primus biertje en een kola-noot en geniet van dampende rumba-rock, stuiterende soukous en zinderende Congolese rumba’s. Verveling is uitgesloten bij de Kuni Kids, want zij hebben hun eigen stijl, ontwikkeld in de jaren ’80 en ’90 met de zangers Claude Ikoko en Floris Nielen. Kuni Kids is de Nederlands-Congolese band van deze zangers, De Kuni Kids zingen in het Nederlands, het Lingala, het Engels en het Frans. Maboko! Allemaal die handen! Neem een “Retourtje Congo” en kom dansen met de Kuni Kids!
Gert Vlok Nel - zachte muziekparels uit Zuid Afrika
Vrijdag 30 Mei 2014 20:15
Gert Vlok Nel, een blanke dichter en singer-songwriter, groeide op in Beaufort Wes, een troosteloos en geïsoleerd stadje in het rauwe binnenland van Zuid-Afrika. In 1993 – op zijn dertigste – won hij met zijn gedichtenbundel ‘Om te lewe is onnatuurlik’ de Ingrid Jonckerprijs. Zijn eerste album ‘Beaufort-Wes se beautiful woorde’ klinkt ingetogen, de teksten zijn bijzonder melancholisch en poëtisch. In Nederland werd hij pas echt bekend toen de documentairemaker Walter Stokman in 2006 de ontroerende reportage ‘Beautiful in Beaufort Wes’ draaide over het leven van de stadsgenoten van Gert Vlok Nel. Sindsdien is hij af en toe te zien op Nederlandse en Belgische podia, waar hij zijn thuisstad tot leven wekt.
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.
Zaterdag 31 Mei
A Nomad’s Harvest - a retrospective of photographs by George Hallett
Aspects of a career spanning more than half a century. The works on show are from the collection of George Hallett and augmented by a comprehensive display of biographical information, as well as, book and record covers designed by Hallett. Included on this exhibition, amongst others, are recognisable images of Hout Bay, District Six, the Bo-Kaap, as well as immigrants and gypsies in London. His series of portraits of exiled South African writers, artists and musicians in London and France are of special interest.
African Masterpieces - The Story of the Kingdom of Ife
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.
Apartheid and After - 13 Zuid-Afrikaanse fotografen
Laten zien hoezeer het recente verleden de waarneming van nu kleurt. Dat lijkt de rode draad te zijn die het werk van de dertien deelnemende fotografen na 1990 verbindt. Hoe spectaculair de verschillende selecties ook zijn, het is fotografie met een dubbele agenda - maar dan wel een in de positieve zin van het woord. Hier wordt vanuit de kennis van toen nauwkeurig scherp gesteld op het heden - en andersom. Paul Alberts, Hugh Exton, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naudé, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams en de Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.
Deep Chine - paintings by Peter Eastman
For Eastman, his surroundings and environment have a profound influence on his work. Subjects are taken from lived interiors, cityscapes, studio views, family photographs and landscapes that are known to him. Eastman disassembles the image and reconstitutes it to form an entirely new picture which bears a vague semblance to the original, but for the viewer there is an uncanny familiarity and connection to the content, which is suffused with opaque moods and dreamlike memory. New shapes and forms emerge through the process of gradual fragmentation.
Dichter bij Afrika - expo
In september 2013 ging Kwasa Kwasa vzw van start met een poëtisch project “Dichter bij Afrika”. Kwasa Kwasa vroeg dichters uit verschillende regio’s (Malawi, Gent, Vlaanderen en andere Afrikaanse landen) om een gedicht te schrijven over hun relatie met Afrika en/of Noord-Zuidrelaties en/of Malawi. Via poëzie willen we mensen dichter bij Afrika brengen of bij een bepaald aspect van een Afrikaans land of een bepaalde culturele gewoonte uit dat Afrikaans land. De gedichten worden tussen 28 mei en 25 juni op originele wijze gepresenteerd in het café van De Centrale.
Dutch tour Soul’Afrique - Paul van Kemenade – Feya Faku – Sydney Mnisi – Louis Mhlanga & Band
Since 1994, South Africa and Paul Van Kemenade have a warm relationship. In that year, Van Kemenade”s quintet toured South Africa for 7 weeks, where they met great South African musicians and played with them. Now in the project ‘SOUL ‘AFRIQUE’ they meet again, playing compositions of each other. A spectacular collaboration again between the outstanding renowned South African trumpeter Fezile ‘Feya’ Faku, tenorist Sydney Mnisi, guitarist/vocalist Louis Mhlanga and the the quintet of altosaxophonist/composer Paul van Kemenade (Dutch Boy Edgar award).
Facing Form - vorm als verbinding ...
De beelden van Hans van der Ham zijn in de eerste plaats vorm, ze bedekken en verhullen, en roepen vragen op over de mens achter het masker, verscholen in vorm. Victor Ekpuk tekent nieuwe vormen op basis van oude Afrikaanse symbolen en ontwikkelt zo een nieuwe unieke universele vormtaal. Obinna Makata maakt collages van Afrikaanse stof en inkt. De vormen zijn metaforen voor de mens, getekend op een elementaire manier. Zijn werk noemt hij wel “Broken pieces of African culture”. De tekeningen van Uche Uzorka zijn een oefening in hoe lijnen vorm worden, waarbij je de lijnen als mensen kunt zien. “Human beings who connect, disconnect and reconnect.”
Ibrahim El-Salahi - Selected Works 1962-2010
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Selected Works 1962-2010 by Ibrahim El Salahi, an exhibition of dynamic drawings and paintings by the Sudanese-born artist. This will be his second solo show at the gallery and the first U.S presentation of his work since his highly-acclaimed retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2013.
Landscapes with a Twist - paintings by Beezy Bailey
Da Vinci?? I couldn’t imagine that the introspective Madonnas from the Renaissance’s incomparable intellect could easily become immersed in the often acerbically witty commentary of Beezy Bailey. It is easy to be mesmerized by Leonardo’s iconic women set in idealized classical landscapes. It’s not easy to imagine vague images of them inhabiting brilliant yet somewhat dysfunctional landscapes of Southern Africa. Bailey however with this collection has achieved the unexpected seemingly effortlessly. A Renaissance beauty demurely floats in the night skies above Cape Town. Another finds herself in an arid wilderness; a smorgasbord of elements from the contemporary and the classical.
Last Hijack
Waargebeurd verhaal over overleven in Somalië, gezien vanuit het perspectief van een piraat. In een kruising van animatie en documentaire biedt de film een innovatieve kijk op de manier waarop de Somalische piraat Mohamed in dit harde, gevaarlijke bestaan terecht is gekomen. Animaties van Mohameds herinneringen, angsten en dromen, gepresenteerd vanuit zijn eigen gezichtspunt, staan tegenover de rauwe beelden uit zijn dagelijks leven.
Mufuki - Solo Exhibition
Mufuki Mukuna studied monumental painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work concentrates on exploring relentlessly the boundaries of figurative painting. In each of his paintings, Mufuki invites us to witness clashes, changes of life or attitudes boiled down to simply "human behaviour" with dark shades or a night time feel inspired by Motion Pictures, urban environments, Occidental or African elements. An abundance of images that highlight the loneliness human beings are often subjet to. A spiritual, raw and lively approach to painting, sometimes painful or even fascinating.
Multi-media installation: Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Foam presents The Enclave by Richard Mosse, a major multi-media installation which represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The installation, consisting of six large screens, represents the conflict situation in Congo and was shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection resulting in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are shown.
Running - photographs by Thabiso Sekgala
Photographic exhibition bringing together three series: ‘Running Amman’, ‘Running Bulawayo’ and ‘Paradise’. Although shot in highly disparate places – the cities of Amman, Bulawayo and Berlin – all three series are viewed by Sekgala as part of a similar trajectory of movement, displacement, transition; each photograph displaying a veneer of calm, that may or may not be on the verge of catastrophe. Considering both the notion of running towards and away from, Sekgala confronts perceptions surrounding place, influenced by sentiments such as aspiration and assumption, and ultimately destabilises these.
Rwanda 20 Years - photographs by Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić
On April 7th 2014, it will have been 20 years since the genocide started in Rwanda. The international community didn’t take action and the country was obliged to find justice on its own. 20 years later some of the survivors say they have forgiven the people who killed their family members. Creative Court wonders: What could forgiveness be in a genocide context and how would one visualize it? South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Dutch photographer Lana Mesić went to Butare, in the south of Rwanda, in an attempt to find out. Part of a series of exhibtiions and events.
Some Kind of Nature - paintings by Jan Henri Booyens
These paintings are the realisation of a process of automatic drawing. Similar to the Dadaist technique of automatism which relied on the improvised free-flow of thoughts and expressions, Booyens would carry on drawing as he slipped into sleep, only to discover the results of the process the following day. In describing his reasoning for this method, Booyens says that he came about it in order to try and break away from the premeditated conditioning of his compositions. Easily dismissed as insignificant marks and doodles, these drawings have however been brought to life as they are boldly reinterpreted as large-scale oil paintings.
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists
On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works of over 50 artists from all over Africa in a variety of media are presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. Against the background of the many Africa-related exhibitions of the past years, the MMK perceives the need to investigate the significance of African art not only in the post-colonial context but also with regard to aesthetics. The exhibition concept transports the universal issues of the Divine Comedy, an incunable of European literature, into the present and places them in a transnational contemporary context.
The Hague African Festival 2014
The Hague African Festival viert zijn zesde editie, dit maal opnieuw rond het Spuiplein in het hartje van Den Haag. Op zaterdag 31 mei betaald indoor festival in de Dr Anton Philipzaal en Zondag 1 juni gratis outdoor festival op Het Plein. Africa in the City! The Hague African Festival Africa In The City komt dit jaar met een nóg uitgebreider programma waarin uiteraard muziek, de Afrikaanse markt, het Kinderdorp en culinair Afrika weer een belangrijke plaats zullen nemen.
The Needle and the Damage Done - prints by Diane Victor
For Diane Victor, making art ‘provides a way of working through troublesome images that lodge themselves persistently in her memory.’ The process is cathartic. The visual equivalent of psychoanalytic ‘talking cure’, Victor draws her subject matter from far and wide, pulling information from the media and personal encounters, transforming them into rich and heavily populated compositions, full-blown narratives employing her grotesque and characteristic iconography. In this exhibition, one sees Victor still pre-occupied with ‘the big “catholic” sins – greed, lust, envy and excess.
Vrouwen van het water - foto's van Angèle Etoundi Essamba
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.
World Presss Photo
Start van de lange wereldtour van de internationale persfotowedstrijd. Ruim 150 indrukwekkende persfoto’s van 53 prijswinnaars, in negen categorieën. De bezoeker maakt in de kerk een fotografische wereldreis door alle continenten en langs de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en historische gebeurtenissen uit 2013. De jaarwinnaar is John Stanmeyer, USA, met zijn foto Signal, gemaakt voor National Geographic. Dit mystieke beeld toont hoe Afrikaanse migranten op een strand bij de stad Djibouti met hun telefoons trachten signaal op te vangen uit buurland Somalië. Ook andere foto's met Afrikaanse onderwerpen zijn in de prijzen gevallen.
Jack Parow (Zuid-Afrika) in concert
Woensdag 28 Mei 2014 19:30
t/m Zondag 01 Juni 2014
De Zuid-Afrikaanse rapper en opvallende verschijning Jack Parow zette de Melkweg al meerdere keren helemaal op zijn kop! Met zijn gigantische pet en extravagante outfits brengt hij zijn coole raps in het Afrikaans, wat best wel goed verstaanbaar is. Vroeger deed hij dit samen met acts als Die Antwoord en Fokofpolisiekar, nu al een aantal jaar solo. In 2014 brengt hij een nieuw album uit, waar hij zich meer van zijn romantische kant zal laten zien. We zijn heel erg benieuwd waar deze supercoole en grappige creatieveling nu weer mee gaat komen.
Afrikaanse Dance Night: Dancer Dancer
Zaterdag 31 Mei 2014 22:00
Iedere laatste zaterdag van de maand. Host by DJ Seliko; Coupe Decalle - Zouk Waarba - Soukous - M’Balax - N’dombolo
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 Mei 2014 22:00
t/m Woensdag 25 Juni 2014
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.