The Night Show: a group exhibition in three parts
AboutEXHIBITION (PART ONE): 31 MARCH – 13 APRIL STUART BIRD | NASTASHA BURATOVICH | IAN GROSE | GUGULECTIVE | MATTHEW KING | ROSE KOTZE | GERALD MACHONA | KYLE MORLAND | MUSA NXUMALO | JODY PAULSEN | MONIQUE PELSER | JEANNIE ROUX | SIYA | SAFIA STODAL | LINDA STUPART | ZACH TALJAARD | HUGH UPSHER The night is traditionally considered a temporal condition, or a time of obscurity. A shedding space where defined personas, highly regulated by the brilliant contrast of daylight and its custodians, give way to concealed and ambiguous forms. This shedding is also manifested in the buildings and structures of the city as the sun goes down. This April, Goodman Gallery Cape is proud to present a group exhibition staged in three parts that aims to explore some of the themes introduced by the night, as well as to re-imagine gallery space, stripped of its daytime persona. The first stage of the show is an exhibition opening on the evening of the 31st March and running to the 13th April. This exhibition will present the night as anticipatory. Sweat and teenage desire mix with quiet anxiety, the threat of violence suggested by shadows, and the possibility of escaping into the world of cinema beckons – a welcome anaesthetic to lurking crises. In its second incarnation taking place on the evening of the 13th April, The Night Show will exist as a happening; an event that forms the fulcrum around which the exhibition’s more concrete manifestations revolve. This section of the show aims to be a frenetic event-night that showcases site-specific, installation-oriented, time-based and performative works. A particular focus is given to the re-presentation of underutilised spaces such as storage and balcony areas, parking spaces and rooftops, as potential spaces for artworks. In response to this event, from the 14th April the original exhibition will be reconfigured as a retrospective interrogation of work shown thus far. This stage of the exhibition focuses on traces of what was, what wasn’t and what could still be. The grey, early hours of the morning after the night before will focus more on documentation, quieter imagery and contemplative themes. The haze of the event will linger like the whine of last night’s music in tired ears. Nastasha BuratovichJody PaulsenMonique PelserStuart BirdZach TaljaardHigh UpsherJeannie RouxMusa NxumaloKyle MorlandGerald MachonaRose KotzeMatthew KingGugulectiveLinda Stupart |
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