Exhibitions Archives - eclectica contemporary

Not All Lives Are Legible | A Look Back in 2026 | Notes from the Director

Eclecadweb_12026-05-17T12:28:08+02:00

Not All Lives Are Legible looks back on three exhibitions, Lost Souls, The Repenters, and Darkness Rising, reflecting on how each engaged with the construction of the “other” within political and cultural systems. Moving from absence to misinterpretation to self-definition, Director Shamiela Tyer revisits questions of visibility, representation, and narrative control that remain deeply relevant today.

Not All Lives Are Legible | A Look Back in 2026 | Notes from the DirectorEclecadweb_12026-05-17T12:28:08+02:00

Matter Becoming Language | Group Show

Eclecadweb_12026-05-16T20:12:43+02:00

Eclectica Contemporary presents a summer exhibition featuring Sahlah Davids, Ibrahim Khatab, Loyiso Mkize and Lars Fischedick. Across varied mediums ranging from Lars' conceptual wooden constructions to Sahlah's amalgamated fabrics, pins and brooches, these artists interrogate how material can act as witness, and a reflective of collective memory as an act of resistance.

Matter Becoming Language | Group ShowEclecadweb_12026-05-16T20:12:43+02:00

What Was, What Is, What If | A Group Show

Eclecadweb_12026-05-14T15:50:12+02:00

Nkhensani Mkhari's text 'What Was, What Is, What If' suggests the idea of destabilizing normative representational economies. Liminal spaces between representation and deconstruction are explored through eight artists that negotiate the phenomenological terrain of cultural production in their art, and see them manifest as aesthetics of interruption. Featured artists include Shaquille-Aaron Keith, Loyiso Mkhize, Ebenezer Samuel Akinola, Cathy Layzell, William Chechet, Lars Fischedick, Ayogu Kingsley and Anthony Lane.

What Was, What Is, What If | A Group ShowEclecadweb_12026-05-14T15:50:12+02:00

Going Guerrilla | A Group Show

Eclecadweb_12026-05-15T11:24:23+02:00

"Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?" Questioning the notion of the feminine nude in the art world, the Guerrilla Girl's have offered society provocations into bodily autonomy in art. Featuring artists Good Good Boy, Emma Hapner, Elspeth Vince,Willemien de Villiers, Ruschka du Toit, Julia Swanepoel Pepler and Karlien van Rooyen, the works in this exhibition reflect upon the unresolved questions that are left primarily unanswered in the art world, and in society at large.

Going Guerrilla | A Group ShowEclecadweb_12026-05-15T11:24:23+02:00

Girls Run The World

FortEclectica2022-09-30T12:21:00+02:00

Our intentions, as a gallery and as a team, have always been to provide a platform that highlights and celebrates the narratives of and from the African continent and so, by hosting a group exhibition in August each year, our focus turns towards sharing the stories of woman and non-binary artists. This means turning towards conversations around the impact of gender, its definitions, and the constraints that shape and reflect society at large.

Girls Run The WorldFortEclectica2022-09-30T12:21:00+02:00

The Scent of Joss sticks: Vanessa Berlein

FortEclectica2020-08-06T14:42:51+02:00

The Scent of Joss sticks: Vanessa Berlein Embedded in a time of increasing technological and industrial change, society is in a state of rapid, constant redressing. We open ourselves to an array of costumes tailor-made to perform in unique or a

The Scent of Joss sticks: Vanessa BerleinFortEclectica2020-08-06T14:42:51+02:00

complicit geographies: A solo exhibition by Jeannette Unite

FortEclectica2020-08-06T14:44:11+02:00

complicit geographies com•plic•it Involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong ge•og•ra•phies The study of the physical features of the Earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of

complicit geographies: A solo exhibition by Jeannette UniteFortEclectica2020-08-06T14:44:11+02:00