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Pinned to Memory | Sahlah Davids

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Sahlah Davids' solo exhibition 'Pinned to Memory' is a showcase of how space shaped identity. The pin, the bead, the ruching of fabric, materials that pierce yet bind, hold together what memory might otherwise unravel. Sahlah Davids’ practice emerges from a deep engagement with the acts of unpicking and recollecting, weaving together fragments of history and material culture through layered textiles, clusters of dressmaking pins, and luminous beads. Her work transforms these humble elements into vessels of memory, quiet but powerful objects that speak of generational stories passed down through the hands of both men and women.

Pinned to Memory | Sahlah DavidsEclecadweb_12026-05-13T15:50:17+02:00

I Thought I Recognised You | Rory Emmett

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The paintings of Rory Emmett evokes a world untethered from imposed boundaries. Joy, pride, and shared humanity flicker through the obscured figures, resonating as universal emotions. Recognition here is unstable: a projection, a memory, an echo of something we might know but cannot name. 'I Thought I Recognised You' is both question and confession. It asks us to confront our biases, to sit with the discomfort of unknowing, and to consider how visibility and its absence shapes who we are allowed to see.

I Thought I Recognised You | Rory EmmettEclecadweb_12026-05-13T16:31:37+02:00

Lowe | Thebe Phetogo

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Thebe Phetogo's paintings call into question the construction of identity pertaining to Black bodies. Drawing from references to anatomy, and cinematic green screens, Phetogo's deliberate use of colours serve as a metaphor for a painting’s potential to be a screen onto which new images, ideas, and identities can be projected. Ultimately, his work explores the construction of personal identity and narratives, questioning how our understanding of politics and history are formed. Hauntologically situated in expression and metaphor, Phetogo's art becomes a visceral and meaningful extension of self to the world.

Lowe | Thebe PhetogoEclecadweb_12026-05-14T13:25:14+02:00

Stick to the Story | Ibrahim Khatab

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Ibrahim Khatab's solo exhibition with Eclectica Contemporary invites viewers to immerse themselves in the hybridity of mediums where Khatab's poster works become more than paper; it is where paper, memory, texture and rhythm coalesce. Through a detailed layering process, timelines merge and past and present collide - simultaneously an ode to life in Egypt, Khatab presents work that is transcendental and multiplicative.

Stick to the Story | Ibrahim KhatabEclecadweb_12026-05-14T11:34:28+02:00

When I Stare At The Night Sky | Justin Dingwall

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Marking Justin Dingwall's first solo exhibition with the gallery, this body of photographic work illuminates the nuanced nature of our memories. The inclusion of remembered objects connects to a greater notion of the body as a vessel, and more specifically, a vessel of personal history. Material and photography are entwined as a means of weaving past and future; where collective memory and the resonance of intangible world manifest into a palpable realism.

When I Stare At The Night Sky | Justin DingwallEclecadweb_12026-05-14T12:11:41+02:00

EXPO CHICAGO 2025

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Featuring the textile-centric artists Louis Barthélemy and Abdoulaye Konaté, Eclectica Contemporay is pleased to present 'Thread Counts - Weaving Power, Pattern and Provocation' at EXPO CHICAGO 2025. Together, Konaté and Barthélemy push the boundaries of textile as both form and concept, proving that fabric is not limited at being decorative ; it is an archive, a battleground, and by essence , provocation. West African woven storytelling meets the charting of European legacy and postcolonial reclamation. Here, the dialogue between artists sees critique, conversation and shared dynamism. Through 'Thread Counts', they unravel the past while weaving visions of the future, reminding us that every stitch tells a story and every pattern holds power.

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Nothing but Blue Skies | Yasmine Yacoubi

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In a bold, sentimental showcase of what nature can express, Yasmine Yacoubi's solo exhibition guides the viewer through an expansive approach to abstraction as a means of exploring the natural world, and the transcendental manner in which her paintings evoke spontaneity and energy become central to an ever-evolving practice situated in interconnected being and vitality. Trained in an 'Ecole des Beaux-Arts' methodology, Yacoubi's skillful eye turns paintings into complex studies of colour, light, shadow and composition.

Nothing but Blue Skies | Yasmine YacoubiEclecadweb_12026-05-14T13:23:19+02:00

Swirl and Conquer: The Master’s Gathering | Ebenezer Samuel Akinola

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As a leading voice on contemporary African art, Ebenezer Samuel Akinola's body of work asks us to step into the metaphysical realm where the body becomes an inscription, or archive. 'The Master's Gathering' becomes a way to challenge stereotypical archetypes prescribed to African communities and Black identity. In a largely ontological context, this solo exhibition becomes a masterclass in marrying tangible, physical representations and subject matter with abstraction and mythos, imbued with a critical gaze that recenters sexuality, race, gender and political ideologies, the wreckage of colonial modernity is called into question and reinvigorated through form and spiritual intent. In an era where global capital fragments communities and commodifies the sacred, Akinola’s figures gather against dispersal, against rupture, against the violent erasures of history.

Swirl and Conquer: The Master’s Gathering | Ebenezer Samuel AkinolaEclecadweb_12026-05-14T14:19:38+02:00

Part Black, Part Anomaly by Thando Phenyane | Tomorrows/Today at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025

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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 in navigating blackness that are framed in “Black Skin, White Masks” by Frantz Fanon. Fanon’s work offers a profound map of the psychological terrain shaped by colonization and its lingering effects on the Black psyche.

Part Black, Part Anomaly by Thando Phenyane | Tomorrows/Today at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025Eclecadweb_12026-05-14T15:30:46+02:00