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Goodman Gallery Cape Town
24 August – 29 September 2017
Curated By Emma Laurence
Candice Breitz • Broomberg & Chanarin • Nolan Oswald Dennis • mounir fatmi • Kendell Geers • David Goldblatt • Haroon Gunn-Salie • Alfredo Jaar • Samson Kambalu • William Kentridge • Grada Kilomba • Paulo Nazareth • Mikhael Subotzky
the silences between brings together major works by a selection of pre-eminent contemporary artists who use varying modes of storytelling to rethink, rework and reimagine the world and our place within it.
The title is taken from the Maori poetry book, The Silences Between: (Moeraki conversations) in which writer Keri Hulme prompts the question: ‘What is recorded in the writing of history and what is left out?’
The exhibition considers the role of the artist in questioning how meaning is made and what is recorded in visual memory. Works by artists such as Paulo Nazareth (Brazil), William Kentridge (South Africa), Candice Breitz (South Africa/Germany), Nolan Oswald Dennis (Zambia/South Africa), Grada Kilomba (Portugal/Germany) and Samson Kambalu (Malawi/UK) confront this process and offer alternatives to the ‘grand narrative’ of Western thought.
This exhibition takes its cue from Donna Haraway’s influential book Staying With The Trouble (2016), in which the prominent academic argues that the world cannot be understood ‘as the heroic story, told yet one more time, of the privileged signifier moving across time and space to bring back the prize at the end and die’.
the silences between presents works that expose the layered scaffolding of ‘meaning-making’ through the telling of everyday stories of ordinary people and seemingly insignificant events that have been left out of the dominant narrative.
‘The show seeks to activate the small but crucial stories that are so often forgotten, and in so doing offer new ways of crafting sensibilities,’ says curator Emma Laurence. ‘Through interfering with systems of knowledge production and archiving, the works puncture the overarching narratives of our globalised world.’
Performance Programme
Wednesday 13 September at 19:00
Co-curated by Tendai Marima and Emma Laurence
Tendai Marima / Sons of the Mbira
Kutala Chopeto / Crocodile Love
Grada Kilomba / Plantation Memories: Lecture performance
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Alfredo Jaar Be Afraid of the Enormity of the Possible, 2015 Neon 120,6 x 182,9 cm / 47,5 x 72 inches Edition of 3
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William Kentridge Soft Dictionary, 2016 Single Channel HD Video Edition of 9
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Candice Breitz Profile , 2017 Single-Channel Video Edition of 25
Image still – Buhlebezwe Siwani
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Mikhael Subotzky Sticky-tape Transfer 20 - R. Wye (or The British Isles - political), 2017 Pigment inks, correction tape and J-Lar tape on cotton paper
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Broomberg & Chanarin Trace fiber from Freud's couch under crossed polars with Quartz wedge compensator (#2), 2015 Unique jacqured woven tapestry 2...
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Mounir Fatmi Evolution or Death, 2013 C-Print 136.5 x 205 cm Edition of 5
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Mounir Fatmi 500 Meters of Silence, 2004-2005 Coaxial antenna cable, saw-horses, white textile, wall painting, soundtrack Edition of 5 ...
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Tabita Rezaire Sugar Walls Teardom, 2016 Gynaecological chair, mechanical arm, HD video 21"30' Edition of 3
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Grada Kilomba Illusions , 2017 Dual channel video installation Edition of 1
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Nolan Oswald Dennis Ecliptic (Black Liberation Zodiac), 2017 Wall paper and drawing installation
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Paulo Nazareth Untitled, 2011/2012 Photo printing on cotton paper Edition of 5
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Paulo Nazareth Untitled, 2012 Photo printing on cotton paper Edition of 5
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Paulo Nazareth Untitled, 2011/2012 Photo printing on cotton paper Edition of 5
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Paulo Nazareth Untitled, 2010/2012 Photo printing on cotton paper Edition of 5
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Kendell Geers TerroRealismus, 2003 Brick, cement, glass, neon ,aliminium 300 x 800 x 800 cm
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ruby onyinyechi amanze [Twin]... the sky and an ocean are the same, 2015 Graphite, ink, photo transfers, colored pencils, metallic enamel and resin
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David Goldblatt Remnant of a wild almond hedge planted in 1660 to prevent livestock from being taken out of the European settlement in South Africa by the indigenous ...
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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Installation picture [the silences between / 2017]
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