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
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?”
Cynics consider Black Portraiture a fad, a boom-bust phenomenon akin to ‘tulipomania’. It cannot be so easily discarded and disregarded. Its impact in America is especially critical, given an incipient civil war and threat to democracy.
This group of artists have explored sacred geometries and abstract patterns. Featured artists are Anthony Lane, Yasmine Yacoubi, Lars Fischedick and Georgia Lane.
CTAF 2023: Colourful Thinking "Eclectica contemporary is pleased to present an exciting celebration of color and African identity in our group exhibition, "Colourful Thinking." This vibrant display features works by artists Ayogu Kingsley, Johannes Phokela, Thebe Phetogo, Nedia Were, Bob-Nosa Uwagboe, Dankyi Mensah,
On this occasion, Eclectica presents African portraiture , by renowned artist from the African continent , for whom Marshall is a powerful influence, as is the photographer Zanele Muholi.
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.
At no point in the history of painting has the black body been so exalted, fetishized, or scrutinised. I believed the matter to be one driven by colonial guilt, the attrition of white mythological power, and, in lieu of a more hybrid and global
Margins Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Margins, a group show which runs alongside three adjacent curatorial collaborations taking place in the gallery throughout August and September to celebrate Womxn’s Month. As a womxn run and led gallery based in
Ke Namile As part of our Womxn's Month program, Eclectica Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Ke Namile, a group show curated by one of our invited collaborators, LegakwanaLeo Makgekgenene. They have brought together 7 artists which include: Malwande Mthethwa,
