Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to present Swirl and Conquer, a solo show by Ebenezer Samuel Akinola. Born in 1968 in Ibadan, Nigeria, Ebenezer Samuel Akinola is a leading voice in contemporary African art. He graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelor's degree in painting from the University of Benin in 1989. Akinola's work challenges stereotypical narratives about Africa and Black culture,
Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to present In Afterland, a solo show by Lien Botha. Botha is one of the few South African artists who has been experimenting with the photographic medium beyond its documentary frame. Born in Gauteng, South Africa in 1961, she initially studied languages at the University of Pretoria and worked as a Press photographer for Beeld before moving to Cape Town
Eclectica Contemporary Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 We are thrilled to announce our participation in this year’s Investec Cape Town Art Fair’s Tomorrows/Today section, showcasing a new body of work “Part Black, Part Anomaly” by Thando Phenyane. With a proposition that is centered around Identity, space and belief systems, Thando Phenyane’s first solo presentation interprets and responds to the nuances that exist
Eclectica Contemporary Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 We are delighted to announce our upcoming participation in the 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair, taking place 21 - 23 February 2025 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Alongside 124 world-class exhibitors, we will showcase our talented artists at the leading platform for artistic discovery on the African continent. Participating
What Was, What Is, What If Text by Nkhensani Mkhari What Was, What Is, What If interrogates the liminal spaces between representation and deconstruction, where six contemporary artists negotiate the phenomenological terrain of cultural production. Each artistic intervention functions as a discursive mechanism, problematising linear narratives and destabilising hegemonic visual regimes. Shaquille-Aaron Keith's iconographic assemblage—an effigy marked with horns, cowrie shells, and the textual
Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to present Lit Up, a solo show by Lars Fischedick. For years, Lars Fischedick’s work inhabited the shadowy realms of deep, brooding palettes neon flashes like distant stars punctuating expanses of dark matter. But with Lit Up, Fischedick steps into a new atmosphere, where geometry softens under pastel skies. The hard edges of his forms, meticulously carved into wood, are now
Eclectica Contemporary Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2024 Eclectica Contemporary is thrilled to present its participation in Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2024, with a presentation of artists Hussein Salim (b. 1966, Sudan) and Ibrahim Khatab (b. 1984, Egypt). From Wednesday, 20 November, to Sunday, 24 November, and open daily from 2 to 9 p.m., visit us in the Emergent section, booth E3. If Walls
Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to present Rebooting the Gaze, a solo show by Patrick Rulore. Patrick Rulore (b. 1995, Johannesburg) has emerged as a South African contemporary artist who blends light and shadow to evoke the quiet dramas of everyday life against the backdrop of power outages and socio-political challenges. His work, inspired by Caravaggio, Vermeer and other masters, utilises illumination to highlight deeper
Eclectica Contemporary at 1-54 London 2024 Eclectica Contemporary is thrilled to announce our participation at 1-54 London 2024, with a presentation in the West Wing of the fair (W10). We are delighted to present artists Thebe Phetogo and Ayogu Kingsley. Ifs and Buts by Ashraf Jamal Ayogu Kingsley has stitched together his ‘Icons of the Whitehouse’ series – paintings of Frantz Fanon, Steve
Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to present Going Guerrilla, a group show featuring Good Good Boy, Emma Hapner, Elspeth Vince, Willemien de Villiers, Ruschka du Toit, Julia Swanepoel Pepler and Karlien van Rooyen. “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?” Nearly four decades later, we find ourselves asking similar questions. While some progress has been made, the fundamental issues that
