An art exhibition about resistance against apartheid on display

The exhibition #AMANDLA![Re]form,Debate,[Re]dress? curated by Tshegofatso Seoka aimed to challenge and encourage viewers to develop conversations and debates about ‘Resistance Art’ and the visual representation of resistance in South Africa during the apartheid and post-apartheid eras.
The artworks selected for the #AMANDLA![Re]form,Debate,[Re]dress? exhibition were sourced from the Permanent Collections of some of South Africa’s most prestigious art museums, galleries and art institutions such as Oliewenhuis Art Museum, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Unisa Art Gallery, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Everard Read, and Legacy Visual Art Projects. The selection of artworks reflects contemporary representations of visual resistance by emerging as well as established South African artists and photographers. Included in the exhibition will be traditional ‘Resistance Art’ artworks by William Kentridge, Dumeli Feni, Julian Motau and Norman Catherine and more current artworks by artists such as Asanda Kupa, Ayanda Mabulu, Blessing Ngobeni, Michael Selekane and Setlamorago Mashilo, with the aim to visually explore concepts such as Traditional vs. Contemporary representations of ‘Resistance’, ‘Resistance and identity formation’ as well as ‘Land and Space in South African representations of Resistance’.
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