From June 7 to July 14, 2018, Gallery Momo, Cape Town will present Transmissions, a group exhibition featuring Stephané E. Conradie, Quaid Heneke, Jabu Nadia Newman, Roberta Rich, Claire Meekel, Riley Pam-Grant, and Abi Meekel. Here, five young local artists challenge the conventions of traditional video art. A (drag) queen’s mirror is a photo booth selfie. A cityscape is […]
Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg is pleased to present a selection of works by Cameroonian artist, Joel Mpah Dooh. This exhibition recaps on his last two solo exhibitions titled Let’s Take A Walk and Since We Last Met. In his last exhibition, Since We Last Met, Dooh’s work explored concepts of captivity and the politicized nature of daily routines stemming from experienced […]
Gallery MOMO, Cape Town presents SS17, a group exhibition showcasing the work of several emerging young artists from South Africa and the broader continent. Spanning diverse media ranging from sculpture, painting, printmaking, to embroidery and video, each artist is forging their own idiosyncratic and distinctive path. Threading performative elements through sculpture, photography, and video, Sethembile Msezane utilises the visual […]
The month of September offers a selection of highly anticipated exhibitions at Africa’s leading art galleries. Here’s a list of some of the most exciting. Kitso Lynn Lelliott I Was Her and She Was Me and those We Might Become ROOM Gallery September 2 – October 14, 2017 From September 2 to October 14, […]
From September 14 to October 14, 2017, Gallery MOMO Cape Town will present A Continent Beyond, a group exhibition featuring Roger Ballen, Stephane Conradie, Florine Demosthene, Kimathi Donkor, Modupeola Fadugba, Dumile Feni, George Hallett, Ayana V Jackson, Coby Kennedy, Dillon Marsh, Maurice Mbikayi, Kenrick McFarlane, Sethembile Msezane, Pedro Pires, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Mary Sibande, Ransome […]
From July 27 to August 2017, Gallery MOMO will present Intimate Justice in the Stolen Moment, a solo exhibition by leading photographer and filmmaker Ayana V Jackson who seeks to view Black womanhood as delicate, temporal, intimate and weightless. The exhibition expounds upon Ayana V Jackson’s continued exploration of Black womanhood through memory play and historical reenactment. Jackson brings a fresh […]
From July 20 to August 19, 2017, Gallery MOMO Cape Town, will present City in Transition, a solo exhibition by South African artist Andrew Tshabangu. Over the course of twenty years, Tshabangu’s black and white photographs have played a significant role in redefining the visual landscape of South Africa. The artist draws attention to what he calls the quieter things […]
Gallery MOMO presents Be Kind Please Rewind by national and international artists Rehema Chachage, Carla Inez Espost, Francois Knoetze, Lucia Nhamo, Martin Wilson and Kyu Sang Lee. These artists through the medium of film and video, seek to explore the various complexities of video’s relationship to the construction and perception of history and memory, by grappling with personal histories and […]
Gallery MOMO will present What Do They Call Me, by African artists Ayana V. Jackson, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Florine Demosthene, Patricia Driscoll, Sethembile Msezane and Mary Sibande, which is currently ongoing till July 8, 2017. What do they call me… my skin is black, my back is strong and my mother’s gone? What do they call […]
Gallery MOMO will present Ordentlikheid: a creolised object by Namibian artist Stephané E. Conradie, which is currently ongoing till June 17, 2017. This body of work focuses on objects found in lower middle and working class homes in South Africa. Though seemingly only used for aesthetic purposes or seen as common place, Conradie suggests that they could provide […]