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.
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.
"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.
Eclectica Contemporary is proud to present its showcase for this year's Miart Art Fair, which offers a jubilant tribute to the rich tapestry of pan-African creative expression. Our exhibition places a special emphasis on the diverse and dynamic work of artists hailing from Kenya, Nigeria, and Egypt, each of whom contribute significantly to the ongoing discourse surrounding contemporary African art.
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.
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