Tension Torsion: 20 Years on
A group show of new works by Farieda Nazier, Gordon Froud, Avitha Sooful and Oupa V. Mokwena.
Curated by: Farieda Nazier
20 March to 17 April 2014
Ithuba Art Gallery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Launched on 20 March 2014, during the advent of commemoration of South Africa's 20 years of democracy, Tension Torsion: 20 Years on was a responsive arts-based social intervention that comprised an art exhibition of sculptural installation and a public visual-arts programme.
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Photography by: Lavendhri Arumugham and Alberta Whittle
After Math: An expoloration of temporality, wounding and consequence
A solo show by Farieda Nazier with Mocke J van Veuren & Thami Hector Manekehla
Curated by: Farieda Nazier
16 August to 16 September 2012 at the Apartheid Museum, Ormonde, Johannesburg
Frantz Fanon in his 1952 Black Skin White Masks uses the term ‘black neurosis’ to broadly refer to the psychological effects of racial oppression. Within the South African context as with many other analogous contexts, personal histories are undeniably engrained with discrimination and its consequent wounding in one form or another. The After Math project is an ongoing art intervention which explores art as socio-political research and social engagement focussing on Fanon’s concept of ‘black neurosis’. The project aims to generate dialogue around a discrimination-wounding-aftermath theme through the use of a range of explorative methodologies i.e. abstract sculptural installations, animated video work and live performance.
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Photography by: Nanka Hawes and Ryan Uys
Exhibitions
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Iziko Castle of Good Hope: MTN New Contemporary Awards, Cape Town (RSA) , 2012
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Ithuba Art Gallery: Traversed and Recorded, Johannesburg (RSA), 2012
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Bag Factory: Young 14', Johannesburg (RSA), 2014
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Apartheid Archive Conference: Race, Place, Location, Dislocation, Pretoria (RSA), 2014
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The Holt Gallery: Four Woundings and a Sequal, St. Louis (USA), 2015
Group Shows
2014
In place of Space Exhibition at the Apartheid Archive Conference
20 May to 23 May (Sculptural installation, University of Pretoria)
2014
Vestigial Space Exhibition at the Apartheid Archive Conference
20 May to 23 May (Sculptural installation, University of Pretoria)
2014
Tension Torsion: 20 Years On Exhibition at Ithuba Arts Gallery
20 March to 13 April
(Sculptural installation, Braamfontein)
2014
Young 14’ Exhibition at The Bag Factory 12 March
(Sculptural installation, Fordsburg)