About
Goodman Gallery Cape is proud to present Third World Disorder, a new exhibition by acclaimed South African artist Kendell Geers.
A provocative figure in the South African art world since the 1990s, Kendell Geers is known for work that stakes out a radical position from which to take aim at both the art establishment and society in general, to interrogate our existing moral codes and to suggest new approaches. Working in a wide variety of media, he uses and subverts familiar signs from art history and pop culture. Famously pissing into Duchamp’s urinal in Venice, he rejects the sanctity of ‘the canon’ and the inviolability of history, insisting on a position that poses its own questions and comes to its own conclusions.
Geers’ work, site-specific by nature, is designed to force a physical confrontation with the viewer, and is concerned with power, its relations, and the manner in which it shapes our experiences. Often described as interventions, the relentless physicality of his work acts to shock and disrupt our perception of the status quo – to map the degree to which individual agency is constrained by the existing establishment, and to attempt to explode those borders.
Third World Disorder consists of a combination of installations and sculptural elements, a collection of stark objects focusing on notions of violence and the debris of a dysfunctional society. The works come together to form a landscape scarred by the effects of violence and littered with its remnants. But they are also monuments – simultaneously an ambivalent valorization of the means deployed by power in its own defense, and a eulogy for a world order on the brink of destruction.
Kendell Geers lives and works in Belgium. His work has been shown in numerous international group exhibitions, including the African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007) and Documenta 11 in Kassel, Germany (2002) . Recent solo shows include Heart of Darkness at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town (1993), The Prodigal Son at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg (2003), and A Guest + A Host = A Ghost at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London (2009) . His touring exhibition Irrespektiv travelled to Newcastle, Gent, Salamanca, Lyon and Turin in 2007 and 2008.
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Kendell Geers Mined, 2010 18 Carat gold 9.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iPhepetho) VI, 2010 Leather, glass beads 41 x 30 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iPhepetho) VII, 2010 Leather, glass beads 41 x 30 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iMopoto) VI, 2010 Leather, glass beads 37 x 52 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iMopoto) VII, 2010 Leather, glass beads 37 x 52 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iJogolo) VI, 2010 Leather, glass beads Work: 74 x 42 cm
Frame: 97 x 75.5 x 6 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iGabe) VI, 2010 Glass Beads 28 cm x 32 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iGabe) VII, 2010 28 cm x 32 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iTimba) VI, 2010 Leather, glass beads 75 cm x 70 cm
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Kendell Geers Ritual Slip (iTimba) VII, 2010 Leather, Glass beads 77 cm x 77 cm
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Kendell Geers THIRD WORLD DISORDER, 2010 Steel 150 cm x 150 cm x 150 cm
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Kendell Geers T.W. Batons (Pentagram), 1994 Police Batons 152 cm x 160 cm Edition of 3
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Kendell Geers T.W. Batons (Hexagram), 1994 Police Batons 191 cm x 183 cm Edition of 3
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Kendell Geers T.W. Batons (Star), 1994 Police Batons 154 cm x 154 cm Edition of 3
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Kendell Geers TRANSFORMER (FEAR), 2010 Steel 150 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm
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Kendell Geers TRANSFORMER (REVOLUTION), 2010 Steel 150 CM X 16 CM X 16 CM
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Kendell Geers TRANSFORMER (HOPE), 2010 Steel 150 cm X 30 cm X 30 cm
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Kendell Geers TRANSFORMER (RIOT), 2010 Steel 150 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm
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Kendell Geers BLADERUNNER VI, 2010 Steel, Razormesh 102 cm x 102 cm x 8 cm
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Kendell Geers BLADERUNNER IX, 2010 Steel, Razormesh 33.5 cm x 33.5 cm x 8 cm
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Kendell Geers POSTPOPFUCK, 2007 Acrylic paint on plaster Dimensions Variable Edition of 3
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Kendell Geers Playing Cards, 2010 2 sheets, 65 x 52cm each, printed both sides, presented in a black linen folder, 68 x 55cm. 65 x 52 Editio...
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Kendell Geers Ecce Homo 132, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 741, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 742, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 743, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 744, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 746, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Kendell Geers La Sainte Vierge 740, 2007 Ink on Paper 102 cm x 65,5 cm
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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Installation picture [Kendell Geers/Third World Disorder]
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-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iPhepetho) VII [74459]")
-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iJogolo) VI [74462]")
-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iGabe) VI [74467]")
-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iGabe) VII [74468]")
-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iTimba) VI [74469]")
-1020.jpg "Ritual Slip (iTimba) VII [74470]")
-1020.jpg "T.W. Batons (Hexagram) [74474]")
-1020.jpg "T.W. Batons (Star) [74475]")
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